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... honor Dionyfius the elder was no less ambitious , than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Auguftus Cæfar also had begun his Ajax , but , unable to please his own judgment with what he had begun , left it unfinish'd . Seneca the ...
... honor Dionyfius the elder was no less ambitious , than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Auguftus Cæfar also had begun his Ajax , but , unable to please his own judgment with what he had begun , left it unfinish'd . Seneca the ...
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... honor's fake of former deeds . 365 370 SAMS . Appoint not heav'nly difpofition , Father ; Nothing of all these evils hath befall'n me But justly ; I myself have brought them on , Sole author I , fole caufe : if ought feem vile , 375 As ...
... honor's fake of former deeds . 365 370 SAMS . Appoint not heav'nly difpofition , Father ; Nothing of all these evils hath befall'n me But justly ; I myself have brought them on , Sole author I , fole caufe : if ought feem vile , 375 As ...
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... fhook off all her fnares : But foul effeminacy held me yok'd Her bond - flave ; O indignity , O blot To honor and religion ! fervile mind 405 410 Rewarded Rewarded well with fervile punishment ! The bafe degree to 20 MILTON'S POEMS .
... fhook off all her fnares : But foul effeminacy held me yok'd Her bond - flave ; O indignity , O blot To honor and religion ! fervile mind 405 410 Rewarded Rewarded well with fervile punishment ! The bafe degree to 20 MILTON'S POEMS .
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... honor , I this pomp have brought To Dagon , and advanc'd his praises high Among the Heathen round ; to God have brought Dishonor , obloquy , and op'd the mouths Of idolists , and atheists ; have brought scandal To Ifrael , diffidence of ...
... honor , I this pomp have brought To Dagon , and advanc'd his praises high Among the Heathen round ; to God have brought Dishonor , obloquy , and op'd the mouths Of idolists , and atheists ; have brought scandal To Ifrael , diffidence of ...
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... honor'd , fear'd me , thou alone could'st hate me Thy husband , flight me , fell me , and forego me ; 940 How wouldst thou ufe me now , blind , and thereby Deceivable , in most things as a child Helplefs , thence eafily contemn'd , and ...
... honor'd , fear'd me , thou alone could'st hate me Thy husband , flight me , fell me , and forego me ; 940 How wouldst thou ufe me now , blind , and thereby Deceivable , in most things as a child Helplefs , thence eafily contemn'd , and ...
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Page 97 - And frefh-blown rofes wafh'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Hafte thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 25 Jeft and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple fleek;
Page 153 - corrupted clergy, then in their highth. YET once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fere, I come to pluck your berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon
Page 155 - hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fpi'rit doth raife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th
Page 154 - lov'd to hear our fong. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never muft return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and defert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn. The willows, and the hazel copfes green, Shall now no more be feen,
Page 101 - With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With
Page 100 - Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. 90 Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecs found To many a youth, and many a maid, 95 Dancing in the chequer'd fhade; And young and old come forth to play On a
Page 154 - 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night Oft till the ftar that rofe, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's defcent had flop'd his
Page 177 - or moon, or ftar, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not .Againft Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but ftill bear up and fteer Right onward. What fupports me, doft thou afk ? The
Page 101 - Lap me in foft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verfe, Such as the meeting foul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked fweetnefs long drawn out, 140 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwifting all the chains that ty The hidden foul of harmony ; That Orpheus
Page 104 - In her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon .yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy