The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Band 53Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... reason . But with fome folks , ' tis labour loft to ftrive : A reasoning mule will neither lead nor drive . He hum'd , and haw'd ; then , waking from his dream , Cry'd , I must preach to you his moral scheme . 2 A fcheme , A fcheme ...
... reason . But with fome folks , ' tis labour loft to ftrive : A reasoning mule will neither lead nor drive . He hum'd , and haw'd ; then , waking from his dream , Cry'd , I must preach to you his moral scheme . 2 A fcheme , A fcheme ...
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... , To pour libations , in due measure , As Reason wills when join'd with Pleasure- Let these white moments all be gay , 190 hout one cloud of dim allay : In In every face let joy be seen , As truth 2 199 MALLET'S POEM S.
... , To pour libations , in due measure , As Reason wills when join'd with Pleasure- Let these white moments all be gay , 190 hout one cloud of dim allay : In In every face let joy be seen , As truth 2 199 MALLET'S POEM S.
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... reason , bold adventurer , unexplor'd , Inftructed can declare ! What fearch fhall find Their times and feafons ! their appointed laws , Peculiar ! their inhabitants of life , And of intelligence , from scale to scale Harmonious rifing ...
... reason , bold adventurer , unexplor'd , Inftructed can declare ! What fearch fhall find Their times and feafons ! their appointed laws , Peculiar ! their inhabitants of life , And of intelligence , from scale to scale Harmonious rifing ...
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... Reason fleeps , from her illufive cell- Call'd up wild shapes of visionary fear , Of vifionary blifs , the hour of rest To mock with mimic fhews . And lo ! the deeps 20 In airy tumult fwell . Beneath a hill Amyntor heaves In 250 ...
... Reason fleeps , from her illufive cell- Call'd up wild shapes of visionary fear , Of vifionary blifs , the hour of rest To mock with mimic fhews . And lo ! the deeps 20 In airy tumult fwell . Beneath a hill Amyntor heaves In 250 ...
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... reason's voice , Nor ow'd fubmiffion to the will of heaven , Reftrains him ; but , as paffion whirls his thought , Fond expectation , that perchance efcap'd , Though paffing all belief , the frailer skiff , To which himself had borne th ...
... reason's voice , Nor ow'd fubmiffion to the will of heaven , Reftrains him ; but , as paffion whirls his thought , Fond expectation , that perchance efcap'd , Though paffing all belief , the frailer skiff , To which himself had borne th ...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1779 |
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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...