The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Band 53Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... most can charm corruption with his doles ? He be the monarch of the state ; and lo ! Didius , vile ufurer , through the crowd he mounts Beneath his feet the Roman eagle cowers , And the red arrows fill his grafp uncouth . O Britons , O ...
... most can charm corruption with his doles ? He be the monarch of the state ; and lo ! Didius , vile ufurer , through the crowd he mounts Beneath his feet the Roman eagle cowers , And the red arrows fill his grafp uncouth . O Britons , O ...
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... most affail'd , Feeble , defenceless : lenient be thy care : But spread around thy tenderest diligence In flowery fpring - time , when the new - dropt lamb , Tottering with weakness by his mother's fide , Feels the fresh world about him ...
... most affail'd , Feeble , defenceless : lenient be thy care : But spread around thy tenderest diligence In flowery fpring - time , when the new - dropt lamb , Tottering with weakness by his mother's fide , Feels the fresh world about him ...
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... loofe locks of fells the most delights , And feeble fleeces of diftemper'd sheep , Whither she haftens , by the morbid scent Allur'd ; * The country about Rofs , in Herefordshire . 3 6 Allur'd ; as the fwift eagle to the 58 DYER'S POEMS .
... loofe locks of fells the most delights , And feeble fleeces of diftemper'd sheep , Whither she haftens , by the morbid scent Allur'd ; * The country about Rofs , in Herefordshire . 3 6 Allur'd ; as the fwift eagle to the 58 DYER'S POEMS .
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... toil ᎠᎥᏝ . * A most curious machine , invented by Mr. Paul . It is at prefent contrived to fpin cotton ; but it may be made to fpin fine carded wool . Distributes ) take we now our eastward course , To Book III . 91 THE འ FLEECE .
... toil ᎠᎥᏝ . * A most curious machine , invented by Mr. Paul . It is at prefent contrived to fpin cotton ; but it may be made to fpin fine carded wool . Distributes ) take we now our eastward course , To Book III . 91 THE འ FLEECE .
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... And there the wounded Porus brought ( The braveft man that ever fought ! ) To Alexander's tent , who eyes His dauntless vifage , as he lies In death's most painful agonies . K 4 Το To me reveal thy heavenly art , To me thy THE 135 ENQUIRY .
... And there the wounded Porus brought ( The braveft man that ever fought ! ) To Alexander's tent , who eyes His dauntless vifage , as he lies In death's most painful agonies . K 4 Το To me reveal thy heavenly art , To me thy THE 135 ENQUIRY .
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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...