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Seite vii
... ideas are totally barred up , a and all the visible beauties of the creation have been long fince blotted out of his mind ; is the furprifing part of his character . How far he has contrived , by the uncommon force of his genius , to ...
... ideas are totally barred up , a and all the visible beauties of the creation have been long fince blotted out of his mind ; is the furprifing part of his character . How far he has contrived , by the uncommon force of his genius , to ...
Seite xiv
... idea with him , for he repeats it , on a like occafion , in his poem to a young gentleman bound for Guinea . p . 53 . In his hymn to benevolence , he thus addreffes himself to that fource of all virtues : O come , and o'er my bofom ...
... idea with him , for he repeats it , on a like occafion , in his poem to a young gentleman bound for Guinea . p . 53 . In his hymn to benevolence , he thus addreffes himself to that fource of all virtues : O come , and o'er my bofom ...
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... ideas of all the nearer connexions in life . His extremes gratitude , and affection for his father has been mentioned already ; and he fhews due proportions of the fame * , in speaking of other relations and friends . INDEED he is fo ...
... ideas of all the nearer connexions in life . His extremes gratitude , and affection for his father has been mentioned already ; and he fhews due proportions of the fame * , in speaking of other relations and friends . INDEED he is fo ...
Seite xxi
... ideas of the Deity are uncommonly great and noble . He fpeaks of GOD , as completing the whole creation * by a fingle thought ; and of his + diftreffing , or reviving all things , only by cafting a fingle regard toward them , or looking ...
... ideas of the Deity are uncommonly great and noble . He fpeaks of GOD , as completing the whole creation * by a fingle thought ; and of his + diftreffing , or reviving all things , only by cafting a fingle regard toward them , or looking ...
Seite xxxi
... idea of the whole creation's being con- ceived and executed , as one and the fame act , in the following paffage : Hail , fovereign goodness , all - productive mind ! On all thy works thyfelf infcrib'd we find , How various all , how ...
... idea of the whole creation's being con- ceived and executed , as one and the fame act , in the following paffage : Hail , fovereign goodness , all - productive mind ! On all thy works thyfelf infcrib'd we find , How various all , how ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
anguiſh beauty Blacklock bleffings bleft bluſh bofom boundleſs breaſt bright charms chearful colours conſcious croud defire delight deſpair endleſs eternal EUANTHE Ev'n ev'ry exiſtence eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcene feems fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhould fighs fight filent firſt fkies flame flow'rs fmiles foft fome fong foon forrows foul fpeaking friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuppofe gen'rous glory glow goodneſs grief happineſs heart heav'n heav'nly himſelf horror ideas immortal inſpire itſelf lefs lyre mind moſt mourn mufe muft muſe muſt nature nature's night numbers nymphs o'er pain pleaſure poems pow'r praiſe prefent prey profpect purſue racter reafon reign rife riſe rofy ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſkies ſky ſmart ſmiling ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſtrong tears tender thee thefe theſe thine thofe THOMAS BLACKLOCK thoſe thou thro virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 35 - Nature's whole charms to him are lost, No more the woods their music boast ; No more the meads their vernal bloom, No more the gales their rich perfume : Impending mists deform the sky, And beauty withers in his eye. In hopes his terrors to...
Seite 191 - THE AUTHOR'S PICTURE. While in my matchless graces wrapt I stand, And touch, each feature with a trembling hand ; Deign, lovely self ! with art and nature's pride, To mix -the colours, and the pencil guide. Self is the grand pursuit of half mankind ; How vast a crowd by self, like me, are blind!
Seite 12 - And ftill is pregnant, tho' fhe ftill beftows. Here verdant paftures wide extended lie, And yield the grazing herd exuberant fupply. .Luxuriant waving in the wanton air, Here golden grain rewards the peafant's care : Her vines mature with frefh carnation glow, And heav'n above diffufes heav'n below.
Seite 132 - Tis thine, alas ! eternal fcorn to prove, Nor feel one gleam of comfort warm thy heart. But, if my fair this cruel law impofe, Pleas'd, to her will I all my foul refign, To walk beneath the burden of my woes, Or fink in death, nor at my fate repine. Yet...
Seite 13 - Primeval night refumes her gloomy reign. Then from their dens, impatient of delay, The favage monfters bend their fpeedy way, Howl thro' the fpaciouswafte, and chafe the frighted prey.
Seite 82 - To funfhine we fly from too piercing an air : But love's ardent fever burns always the fame ; No winter can cool it, no fummer inflame. But fee the pale moon, all clouded, retires, The breezes grow cool, not STREPHON'S defires : I fly from the dangers of tempeft and wind, Yet nourifh the madnefs that preys on my mind; Ah, wretch! how can life be worthy thy care?
Seite 198 - LAP-DOG. I NEVER bark'd when out of season ; I never bit without a reason ; I ne'er insulted weaker brother; Nor wrong'd by force nor fraud another: Though brutes are placed a rank below, Happy for man could he say so ! BLACKLOCK.
Seite iii - Among thefc early effays of his genius, there was one which is infcrted in his works. It was compofed •when he was but twelve years old ; and has fomething very pretty in the turn of it ; and •very promifing, for one of fo tender an age.
Seite 36 - Till ev'ry human pain and care, All that may be, and all that are, But falfe imagin'd ills appear, Beneath our hope, our grief, or fear. And, if I right invoke thy aid, By Thee be all my woes allay'd: With fcorn inftruft me to defy Impofing fear, and lawlefs joy ; To ftruggle thro...