Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1796 |
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... beauty of the pleasing sight . " Yet this tall elm , but for this vine , " he said , " Had stood neglected , and a barren shade ; And this fair vine , but that her arms surround Her marry'd elm , had crept along the ground . 50 55 60 65 ...
... beauty of the pleasing sight . " Yet this tall elm , but for this vine , " he said , " Had stood neglected , and a barren shade ; And this fair vine , but that her arms surround Her marry'd elm , had crept along the ground . 50 55 60 65 ...
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... beauty urg'd the Centaur's arms , Ulysses ' queen , nor Helen's fatal charms . Ev'n now , when silent scorn is all they gain , 71 A thousand court you , tho ' they court in vain ; A thousand sylvans , demi - gods , and gods , That haunt ...
... beauty urg'd the Centaur's arms , Ulysses ' queen , nor Helen's fatal charms . Ev'n now , when silent scorn is all they gain , 71 A thousand court you , tho ' they court in vain ; A thousand sylvans , demi - gods , and gods , That haunt ...
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... beauty blest . Add , that he varies ev'ry shape with ease , And tries all forms that may Pomona please . But what should most excite a mutual flame , Your rural cares and pleasures are the same . To him your orchard's early fruits are ...
... beauty blest . Add , that he varies ev'ry shape with ease , And tries all forms that may Pomona please . But what should most excite a mutual flame , Your rural cares and pleasures are the same . To him your orchard's early fruits are ...
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... beauty midst of winter stays , And winter's coolness spite of summer's rays . Weeping . # WHILE Celia's tears make sorrow bright , Proud Grief sits swelling in her eyes ; The sun , next those the fairest light , Thus from the ocean ...
... beauty midst of winter stays , And winter's coolness spite of summer's rays . Weeping . # WHILE Celia's tears make sorrow bright , Proud Grief sits swelling in her eyes ; The sun , next those the fairest light , Thus from the ocean ...
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... beauty in distress , Who loves a lie , lame slander helps about , Who writes a libel , or who copies out ; That fop whose pride affects a patron's name , Yet absent wounds an author's honest fame ; Who can your merit selfishly approve ...
... beauty in distress , Who loves a lie , lame slander helps about , Who writes a libel , or who copies out ; That fop whose pride affects a patron's name , Yet absent wounds an author's honest fame ; Who can your merit selfishly approve ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abused Æneid ancient Author bard Bavius Bless'd Book called Charles Gildon charms Cibber court Curl dæmon Dennis divine Dryden Dryope dull Dulness Dunce Dunciad Epic Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fool former edit genius gentle Gildon Goddess grace hæc hath heart Heav'n hero Homer honour Horace Iliad IMITATIONS JOHN DENNIS kings knave Leonard Welsted Letter LEWIS THEOBALD live Lord lov'd Matthew Concanen mihi MIST'S JOURNAL moral Muse never numbers nunc o'er octavo once Ovid Oxford ere person pleas'd Poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise pride printed quæ Quam Queen Quid quod REMARKS rhyme saith Satire shade shew SMIL soft soul Swift tamen thee thine thing thou thro tibi translated truth verse Vertumnus Virg Virgil virtue word writ write youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 32 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 213 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Seite 36 - So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Seite 48 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Seite 32 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 197 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Seite 39 - With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Seite 35 - Tis all in vain, deny it as I will: 'No, such a genius never can lie still'; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes.
Seite 27 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Seite 33 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were he...