The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 21Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Things unattempted yet , in profe or rhyme , " A fhilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . HA ' APPY the man , who , void of cares and strife , In filken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New ...
... Things unattempted yet , in profe or rhyme , " A fhilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . HA ' APPY the man , who , void of cares and strife , In filken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New ...
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... things , often proves Noxious to planted fields , and often men Perceive his influence dire ; fweltering they run To grots , and caves , and the cool umbrage feek Of woven arborets , and oft the rills Still ftreaming fresh revifit , to ...
... things , often proves Noxious to planted fields , and often men Perceive his influence dire ; fweltering they run To grots , and caves , and the cool umbrage feek Of woven arborets , and oft the rills Still ftreaming fresh revifit , to ...
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... things were found ,. And fecret motions ; how with heavy bulk Volatile Hermes , fluid and unmoist , Mounts on the wings of air ; to her , we owe The The Indian weed * , unknown to ancient times , 44 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
... things were found ,. And fecret motions ; how with heavy bulk Volatile Hermes , fluid and unmoist , Mounts on the wings of air ; to her , we owe The The Indian weed * , unknown to ancient times , 44 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
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... things in miniature ? thy fpecular orb Apply to well - diffected kernels ; lo ! Strange forms arise , in each a little plant Unfolds its boughs : obferve the slender threads Of firft beginning trees , their roots , their leaves , In ...
... things in miniature ? thy fpecular orb Apply to well - diffected kernels ; lo ! Strange forms arise , in each a little plant Unfolds its boughs : obferve the slender threads Of firft beginning trees , their roots , their leaves , In ...
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... things , with wife forecast Solicitous of public good ? how large His mind that comprehends whate'er was known To old , or present time ; yet not elate , E 4 Not Not confcious of its skill ? what praise deserves His CYDE R. BOOK I. 55.
... things , with wife forecast Solicitous of public good ? how large His mind that comprehends whate'er was known To old , or present time ; yet not elate , E 4 Not Not confcious of its skill ? what praise deserves His CYDE R. BOOK I. 55.
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Page 7 - (what will not time fubdue !}) An horrid chafm difclos'd with orifice Wide, difcontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Aufter, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, . Tumultuous enter with dire chilling blafts, Portending agues. Thus a well-fraught
Page 4 - Full famous in romantic tale) when he O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Ceftrian cheefe, High over-fhadowing rides, with a defigrt To vend his wares, or at th
Page 220 - with as much ftudious care, As I would dens where hungry lions are ; And rather put up injuries, than be A plague to him, who 'd be a plague to me. I value quiet at a price too great, To give for my revenge
Page 7 - But if a flumber haply does invade My weary limbs, my fancy 's ftill awake, Thoughtful of drink, and eager, in a dream, Tipples imaginary pots of ale, In vain ; awake I find the fettled
Page 217 - have a little vault, but always ftor'd With the beft wines each vintage could afford. Wine whets the wit, improves its native force. And gives a pleafant flavour to difcourfe ; By making all our fpirits debonair, Throws off the lees, the fediment of care. But as the greateft
Page 6 - prey, Regardlefs of their fate, rufh on the toils Inextricable, nor will aught avail Their arts, or arms, or fhapes of lovely hue; The wafp infidious, and the buzzing drone, And butterfly proud of expanded wings
Page 50 - worth ! that earlieft gives Sure hopes of racy wine, and in its youth, Its tender nonage, loads the fpreading boughs With large and juicy offspring, that defies The vernal nippings, and cold fyderal blafts ! Yet let her to the Red-ftreak yield, that once Was of the Sylvan kind, unciviliz'd, Of no regard, till
Page 75 - notes, And quaver unharmonious ; fturdy fwains In clean array for ruftic dance prepare, Mixt with the buxom damfels; hand in hand They friflc, and bound, and various mazes weave, Shaking their brawny limbs, with uncouth mien, Tranfported, and fometimes an oblique leer Dart on their loves, fometimes an
Page 76 - Nor need we tell what anxious cares attend The turbulent mirth of wine ; nor all the kinds Of maladies, that lead to Death's grim cave, Wrought by intemperance, joint-racking gout, Inteftine ftone, and pining atrophy, Chill even when the fun with July heats Fries the fcorch'd foil, and dropfy
Page 319 - But whither then we go, Whither, we fain would know ; But human underftanding cannot mew. This makes us tremble, and creates Strange apprehenfions in the mind ; Fills it with reftlefs doubts, and wild debates^ Concerning what we, living, cannot find. None know what death is, but the dead