The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Band 53Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Fear and Ignorance , by the fculptor's hand Hewn into form , and worship'd ; as ev'n now Blindly they worship at their breathless mouths * In varied appellations : men to these ( From deep to depth in darkening error fall'n ) At length ...
... Fear and Ignorance , by the fculptor's hand Hewn into form , and worship'd ; as ev'n now Blindly they worship at their breathless mouths * In varied appellations : men to these ( From deep to depth in darkening error fall'n ) At length ...
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... fear : ev'n fuch perfidious wilds , By labor won , have yielded to the comb The fairest length of wool . See Deeping fens , And the long lawns of Bourn . ' Tis Art and Toil Gives Nature value , multiplies her ftores , Varics , improves ...
... fear : ev'n fuch perfidious wilds , By labor won , have yielded to the comb The fairest length of wool . See Deeping fens , And the long lawns of Bourn . ' Tis Art and Toil Gives Nature value , multiplies her ftores , Varics , improves ...
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... Fear not furcharge ; your hands will ever find Ample employment . In the ftrife of trade , These curious inftruments of speed obtain Various advantage , and the diligent Supply with exercife , as fountains fure , Which , ever - gliding ...
... Fear not furcharge ; your hands will ever find Ample employment . In the ftrife of trade , These curious inftruments of speed obtain Various advantage , and the diligent Supply with exercife , as fountains fure , Which , ever - gliding ...
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... the calls Of the tuneful water - falls , Like moles , whene'er the coaft is clear , They rife before thee without fear , And range in parties here and there . Some Some wildly to Parnaffus wing , And view the fair 130 DYER'S POEM S.
... the calls Of the tuneful water - falls , Like moles , whene'er the coaft is clear , They rife before thee without fear , And range in parties here and there . Some Some wildly to Parnaffus wing , And view the fair 130 DYER'S POEM S.
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... fears retard , Whose verse and pencil join , to force reward : Your claim demands the bays , in double wreath , Your Poems lighten , and your pictures breathe . I wish to praise you , but your beauties wrong ; No theme looks green , in ...
... fears retard , Whose verse and pencil join , to force reward : Your claim demands the bays , in double wreath , Your Poems lighten , and your pictures breathe . I wish to praise you , but your beauties wrong ; No theme looks green , in ...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1779 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Ægyptus æther afcending Amyntor arife Aurelius behold beneath bofom boundleſs breaſt brow caft charms climes clouds coaft deep defcend diftant duft earth erft ev'n facred fafe fair Falernum fame fcene fecure feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhore fide filence filk fink firſt flame fleece fleep flood fmile foft fome fong fons foul fpring ftill fuch funk fure fwains fweet fwell grace Grongar Hill groves hand heart heaven hills himſelf ifle juft laft laſt light loft Marine Society moſt Mufe Muſe muſt Nature's night nymphs o'er paffion plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe proud rais'd reafon realms rife rocks rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſheep ſhore ſkies ſkill ſky ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtorm ſtream thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil unnumber'd vafe vale vext waſte wave whofe whoſe wild wind wing wonder woods wool
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Seite 4 - Boafted their order which Callimachus (Reclining ftudious on Afopus' banks Beneath an urn of fome lamented nymph) Haply compos'd ; the urn with foliage curl'd Thinly conceal'd, the chapiter inform'd. See the tall obelifcs from Memphis old, One ftone enormous each, or Thebes convey'd ; Like Albion's fpires they rufh into the Ikies.
Seite 30 - The sturdy rustic, in the middle wave, Awaits to seize him rising ; one arm bears His lifted head above the limpid stream, While the full clammy fleece the other laves Around, laborious, with repeated toil ; And then resigns him to the sunny bank, Where, bleating loud, he shakes his dripping locks.
Seite 9 - Or the tall growth of glossy-rinded beech ; And where the burrowing rabbit turns the dust ; And where the dappled deer delights to bound. Such are the downs of...
Seite 1 - Hark how the mighty billows lash their vaults, And thunder; how they heave their rocks in vain; Though now incessant time has roll'd around A thousand winters o'er the changeful world, And yet a thousand, since th' indignant floods Roar loud in their firm bounds, and dash, and swell, In vain; convey'd to Tiber's lowest wave.
Seite 103 - Tore the wild-flying sails and tumbling masts; While flames, thick-flashing in the gloom, reveal'd Ruins of decks and shrouds, and sights of death. Yet on he far'd, with fortitude his cheer,— Gaining, at intervals, slow way, beneath Del Fuego's rugged cliffs ; and the white ridge Above all height, (by opening clouds...