The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Bände 32-34 |
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Were he sure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as fure of
being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majority ; for it is with
a fine Genius , as with a fine fashion , all those are displeased at it who are not ...
Were he sure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as fure of
being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majority ; for it is with
a fine Genius , as with a fine fashion , all those are displeased at it who are not ...
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This may be made to appear rather done by chance than on design , and
fometimes is best shewn by inference ; left by too much study to seem natural ,
we destroy that easy fimplicity from whence arises the delight . For what is inviting
in this ...
This may be made to appear rather done by chance than on design , and
fometimes is best shewn by inference ; left by too much study to seem natural ,
we destroy that easy fimplicity from whence arises the delight . For what is inviting
in this ...
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But , fince by counsel all things should be done , 95 And many heads are wiser
still than one ; for me , who best shall be content When my desire ' s approv'd by
your consent . One caution yet is needful to be told , To guide your choice ; this ...
But , fince by counsel all things should be done , 95 And many heads are wiser
still than one ; for me , who best shall be content When my desire ' s approv'd by
your consent . One caution yet is needful to be told , To guide your choice ; this ...
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235 Virtuous and vicious every Man must be , Few in the extreme , but all in the
degree ; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise ; And ev'n the best , by fits ,
what they despise . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ; For , Vice or Virtue ,
Self ...
235 Virtuous and vicious every Man must be , Few in the extreme , but all in the
degree ; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise ; And ev'n the best , by fits ,
what they despise . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ; For , Vice or Virtue ,
Self ...
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My lands are sold , my father's house is gone ; I55 I'll hire another's ; is not that my
own , And yours , my friends ? thro ' whose free opening gate None comes too
early , none departs too late ; ( For I , who hold fage Homer's rule the best ...
My lands are sold , my father's house is gone ; I55 I'll hire another's ; is not that my
own , And yours , my friends ? thro ' whose free opening gate None comes too
early , none departs too late ; ( For I , who hold fage Homer's rule the best ...
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Seite 46 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Seite 81 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Seite 145 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Seite 18 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Seite 107 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 174 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Seite 101 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Seite 353 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Seite 122 - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...