The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, Band 4R. Griffiths, 1753 - 356 Seiten |
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... , diftrefs and anguifh , that fhe was at a lofs to know what could mould his ftub . born heart to such contrition . At last , with a thousand B 4 well well counterfeited tears , and fighs , he stabb'd her Mrs. MANLEY . 7.
... , diftrefs and anguifh , that fhe was at a lofs to know what could mould his ftub . born heart to such contrition . At last , with a thousand B 4 well well counterfeited tears , and fighs , he stabb'd her Mrs. MANLEY . 7.
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... Such are thy kindred beams- So bleffings , with a bounteous hand they give , So they create , and make creation live . When charming Felton , of a beauteous race , Adorn'd in blooming youth , with ev'ry grace ; First saw the lovely ...
... Such are thy kindred beams- So bleffings , with a bounteous hand they give , So they create , and make creation live . When charming Felton , of a beauteous race , Adorn'd in blooming youth , with ev'ry grace ; First saw the lovely ...
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... Such fweets , like blifs divine , can never cloy : Fill'd with that fpirit which great fouls inflame , Their wondrous offspring ftart to early fame . In their young minds , immortal sparkles rife ! And all their mother flashes from ...
... Such fweets , like blifs divine , can never cloy : Fill'd with that fpirit which great fouls inflame , Their wondrous offspring ftart to early fame . In their young minds , immortal sparkles rife ! And all their mother flashes from ...
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... Such had his Venus and Adonis been , The ftandard beauty had from thence been feen ! Whofe arbitrary laws had fix'd the doom To Hervey's form , and Briftol's ever bloom ! As once Kazeia , now Eliza warms The kindred - fair bequeath'd ...
... Such had his Venus and Adonis been , The ftandard beauty had from thence been feen ! Whofe arbitrary laws had fix'd the doom To Hervey's form , and Briftol's ever bloom ! As once Kazeia , now Eliza warms The kindred - fair bequeath'd ...
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... Such were the ftrains , by antient Orpheus fung , To fuch , Mufæus ' heav'nly lyre was ftrung ; Exalted truths , in learned verse they told , And nature's deepeft fecrets did unfold . How at th ' eternal mind's omnific call , Yon ftarry ...
... Such were the ftrains , by antient Orpheus fung , To fuch , Mufæus ' heav'nly lyre was ftrung ; Exalted truths , in learned verse they told , And nature's deepeft fecrets did unfold . How at th ' eternal mind's omnific call , Yon ftarry ...
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Seite 12 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Seite 193 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Seite 236 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and...
Seite 236 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Seite 116 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Seite 106 - Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Seite 105 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to inquire ; but immediately seated himself with Sir Richard.
Seite 161 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Seite 111 - any, not the remotest relation to public matters, nor correspondence with the persons then predominant, until the year 1657 ; when indeed I entered into an employment, for which I was not altogether improper, and which I considered to be the most innocent and inoffensive towards his majesty's affairs, of any in that usurped and irregular government, to which all men were then exposed.
Seite 236 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.