The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Band 53Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... last for foftnefs , to delight the touch " Of chamber'd delicacy : fcarce the cirque Need turn around , or twine the lengthening flake . There are , to speed their labor , who prefer Wheels double - fpol'd , which yield to either hand A ...
... last for foftnefs , to delight the touch " Of chamber'd delicacy : fcarce the cirque Need turn around , or twine the lengthening flake . There are , to speed their labor , who prefer Wheels double - fpol'd , which yield to either hand A ...
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... last improvement ; for th ' unlabour'd fleece Rare is permitted to imbibe the dye . In penetrating waves of boiling vats The snowy web is steep'd , with grain of weld , Fustic , or logwood , mix'd , or cochineal , Or the dark purple ...
... last improvement ; for th ' unlabour'd fleece Rare is permitted to imbibe the dye . In penetrating waves of boiling vats The snowy web is steep'd , with grain of weld , Fustic , or logwood , mix'd , or cochineal , Or the dark purple ...
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... last his bushy brow . Oh , how fresh , how pure the air ! Let me breathe a little here . Where am I , Nature ? I defcry Thy magazine before me lie ! Temples ! -and towns ! -and towers ! -and woods ! And hills ! -and vales ! - and fields ...
... last his bushy brow . Oh , how fresh , how pure the air ! Let me breathe a little here . Where am I , Nature ? I defcry Thy magazine before me lie ! Temples ! -and towns ! -and towers ! -and woods ! And hills ! -and vales ! - and fields ...
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... last appeal . There is but one thing , to befpeak their favour and your friendship , that I dare be pofitive in : without which , you are the last perfon in Britain to whom I should have thought of addreffing it . And this any man may ...
... last appeal . There is but one thing , to befpeak their favour and your friendship , that I dare be pofitive in : without which , you are the last perfon in Britain to whom I should have thought of addreffing it . And this any man may ...
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... d yet by party - rage , — " Where only honour votes - the British stage . " We ask for juftice , for indulgence fue : " Our last beft licence muft proceed from you . " IM PROM PTU , On a LADY , who had N I M. PROLOGUE . 177.
... d yet by party - rage , — " Where only honour votes - the British stage . " We ask for juftice , for indulgence fue : " Our last beft licence muft proceed from you . " IM PROM PTU , On a LADY , who had N I M. PROLOGUE . 177.
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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...