The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... sure if my head was my own . " Of any occurrences in his remaining life I have found no account . In a letter to Swift , " I have , " says he , " treated Lady Harriot at Cambridge ( a Fellow of a College treat ! ) and spoke verses to ...
... sure if my head was my own . " Of any occurrences in his remaining life I have found no account . In a letter to Swift , " I have , " says he , " treated Lady Harriot at Cambridge ( a Fellow of a College treat ! ) and spoke verses to ...
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... sure that he has lost any of the power of pleasing ; but he no longer imitates Spenser . Some of his poems are written without regularity of measure ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatuation ...
... sure that he has lost any of the power of pleasing ; but he no longer imitates Spenser . Some of his poems are written without regularity of measure ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatuation ...
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... sure , ' Dan Cowley said . Yet up sprung MAT resolved ; O'er sea and land with an unbounded loose Runs the mad steed , a Gilpin race I ween . 6 Hardly the Muse can sit the head - strong horse ' . See now she gallops round the Belgic ...
... sure , ' Dan Cowley said . Yet up sprung MAT resolved ; O'er sea and land with an unbounded loose Runs the mad steed , a Gilpin race I ween . 6 Hardly the Muse can sit the head - strong horse ' . See now she gallops round the Belgic ...
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... sure ( as he expressed it ) that my Lord Dorset would not rehearse upon him again . If we wanted a foreign testimony , La Fontaine and St. Evremont have acknowledged , that he was a perfect master in the beauty and fineness of their ...
... sure ( as he expressed it ) that my Lord Dorset would not rehearse upon him again . If we wanted a foreign testimony , La Fontaine and St. Evremont have acknowledged , that he was a perfect master in the beauty and fineness of their ...
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... sure altered with such grace and delicacy , that you could scarce perceive where the key was changed . He was very sharp in his reflections , but never in the wrong place . His darts were sure to wound ; but they were sure too to hit ...
... sure altered with such grace and delicacy , that you could scarce perceive where the key was changed . He was very sharp in his reflections , but never in the wrong place . His darts were sure to wound ; but they were sure too to hit ...
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Abra arms battle of Ramillies beauty Belgia bless'd Boileau breast breath bright call'd Carvel charms command confess'd court crown'd cruel cruel doubt death delight Derry distinguish'd dread Earl Earl of Dorset earth Elector of Bavaria fair fame fate fear flame flies force glory grace grief grieve happy hast heart Heaven hero Hippolytus honour hope Hudibras Jove king labour land light live Lord lyre maid master Matthew Prior mind mourn Muse Namur ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er obey pain pass'd passion peace Pindaric pleasure poem poet praise pride prince Prior Queen rage reason reign rising Sambre sighs sing Solomon song sorrow soul tell thee things thou thought throne to-morrow toil triumph truth Twas verse vex'd virtue ween weep whence Whilst William wound wretched youth
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Page 204 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 204 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 260 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 204 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end." — Ver. 11. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.
Page 204 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 204 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 229 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 58 - THE merchant, to secure his treasure, Conveys it in a borrow'd name: Euphelia serves to grace my measure; But Cloe is my real flame. My softest verse, my darling lyre, Upon Euphelia's toilet lay; When Cloe noted her desire, That I should sing, that I should play. My lyre I tune, my voice I raise; But with my numbers mix my sighs: And whilst I sing Euphelia's praise, I fix my soul on Cloe's eyes.
Page 260 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 230 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.