Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1796 |
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... moral shall ye understond , From schoole - boy's tale of fayre Irelond ; Which to the fennes hath him betake , To filche the grey ducke fro the lake . Right then there passen by the way His aunt , and eke her daughters tway . Ducke in ...
... moral shall ye understond , From schoole - boy's tale of fayre Irelond ; Which to the fennes hath him betake , To filche the grey ducke fro the lake . Right then there passen by the way His aunt , and eke her daughters tway . Ducke in ...
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... moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his Epic , nay Pindaric art ; 70 75 But still 8 I love the language of his heart . " Yet surely , 9 surely , these were famous men ! " What boy but hears the sayings of old Ben ? 85 I Qui vel ...
... moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his Epic , nay Pindaric art ; 70 75 But still 8 I love the language of his heart . " Yet surely , 9 surely , these were famous men ! " What boy but hears the sayings of old Ben ? 85 I Qui vel ...
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... moral lay --- Sages and Chiefs long since had birth , Ere Cæsar was , or Newton nam'd ; HOR . LIB . IV , ODE IX . NE forte credas interitura , quæ Longe sonantem natus ad Aufidum , Non ante vulgatas per artes Verba loquor socianda ...
... moral lay --- Sages and Chiefs long since had birth , Ere Cæsar was , or Newton nam'd ; HOR . LIB . IV , ODE IX . NE forte credas interitura , quæ Longe sonantem natus ad Aufidum , Non ante vulgatas per artes Verba loquor socianda ...
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... moral for a wit . Decay of parts , alas ! we all must feel --- Why now , this moment , don't I see you steal ? ' Tis all from Horace ; Horace long before ye Said " Tories call'd him Whig , and Whigs a Tory ; " And taught his Romans , in ...
... moral for a wit . Decay of parts , alas ! we all must feel --- Why now , this moment , don't I see you steal ? ' Tis all from Horace ; Horace long before ye Said " Tories call'd him Whig , and Whigs a Tory ; " And taught his Romans , in ...
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... moral let it teach , 25 And , if it can , at once both please and preach : Let mine , an innocent gay farce appear , And more diverting still than regular ; Have humour , wit , a native ease and grace , Tho ' not too strictly bound to ...
... moral let it teach , 25 And , if it can , at once both please and preach : Let mine , an innocent gay farce appear , And more diverting still than regular ; Have humour , wit , a native ease and grace , Tho ' not too strictly bound to ...
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...