The Works in Verse and Prose, Band 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1764 |
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... however that this task had been allotted to fome perfon capable of performing it in that masterly manner which the subject so A well well deferves . To confefs the truth , it was A Prefatory effay on elegy Page EL EGY.
... however that this task had been allotted to fome perfon capable of performing it in that masterly manner which the subject so A well well deferves . To confefs the truth , it was A Prefatory effay on elegy Page EL EGY.
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... to blame his want of œconomy . He left however more than fufficient to pay all his debts ; and by his will A 2 will appropriated his whole estate for that pur- pofe . PREFACE . iii On pofthumous reputation To a friend 16 ELEGY.
... to blame his want of œconomy . He left however more than fufficient to pay all his debts ; and by his will A 2 will appropriated his whole estate for that pur- pofe . PREFACE . iii On pofthumous reputation To a friend 16 ELEGY.
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... ; not from any affectation of fin- gularity , but from a maxim he had laid down , that without without too flavish a regard to fashion , every one iv PREFACE . On the untimely death of a certain learned acquain- tance 18 ELEGY.
... ; not from any affectation of fin- gularity , but from a maxim he had laid down , that without without too flavish a regard to fashion , every one iv PREFACE . On the untimely death of a certain learned acquain- tance 18 ELEGY.
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... , there is no doubt but he will ever maintain an eminent ftation among the best of our English writers . R. DODSLEY . ELEGI E S , WRITTEN ON Many different OCCASIONS . viii PREFACE . He defcribes his vifion to an acquaintance - 27 ELEGY.
... , there is no doubt but he will ever maintain an eminent ftation among the best of our English writers . R. DODSLEY . ELEGI E S , WRITTEN ON Many different OCCASIONS . viii PREFACE . He defcribes his vifion to an acquaintance - 27 ELEGY.
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... elegy have hitherto indulged themselves , and endeavour to fhield the following ones by the latitude of their ex- ample . * word , the If we confider the etymology of the epithet which HORACE gives it , or the confeffion which & OVID ...
... elegy have hitherto indulged themselves , and endeavour to fhield the following ones by the latitude of their ex- ample . * word , the If we confider the etymology of the epithet which HORACE gives it , or the confeffion which & OVID ...
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Seite 192 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Seite 337 - Fresh baum, and marygold of cheerful hue : The lowly gill, that never dares to climb ; And more I fain would sing, disdaining here to rhyme.
Seite 191 - But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
Seite 336 - Twas her own country bred the flock so fair ; 'Twas her own labour did the fleece prepare...
Seite 334 - And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did...
Seite 192 - With the lilac to render it gay ! Already it calls for my love To prune the wild branches away. From the plains, from the woodlands and groves. What strains of wild melody flow!
Seite 343 - Low lays the house which that of cards doth build, Shall DENNIS be! if rigid fates incline, And many an Epic to his rage shall yield; And many a poet quit th...
Seite 336 - Who should not honour'd eld with these revere: For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a Mind which did that title love.
Seite 335 - And were not she rebellious breasts to quell, And were not she her statutes to maintain, The cot no more, I ween, were deem'd the cell, Where comely peace of mind, and decent order dwell.
Seite 189 - What it is to admire and to love, And to leave her we love and admire. Ah ! lead forth my flock in the morn, And the damps of each evening repel ; Alas ! I am faint and forlorn — • I have bade my dear Phyllis farewell.