Poems on Several Occasions: To which are Added, the Tragedies of Julius Caesar, and Marcus Brutus. By John Sheffield, ...Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752 - 280 Seiten |
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... against me thy strongest forces call , And on my head let all the tempest fall ; No mean retreat shall any weakness show , But calmly I'll expect the fatal blow ; My limbs not trembling , in my mind no fear Plaints in my mouth , nor in ...
... against me thy strongest forces call , And on my head let all the tempest fall ; No mean retreat shall any weakness show , But calmly I'll expect the fatal blow ; My limbs not trembling , in my mind no fear Plaints in my mouth , nor in ...
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... been still refus'd . Since each has in his bofom nurst A falfe and fawning foe ; ' Tis juft and wife , by ftriking firft , To ' scape the fatal blow . To AMORETTA . W HEN I held out against your SONGS AND VERSES . 23.
... been still refus'd . Since each has in his bofom nurst A falfe and fawning foe ; ' Tis juft and wife , by ftriking firft , To ' scape the fatal blow . To AMORETTA . W HEN I held out against your SONGS AND VERSES . 23.
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... against your eyes , You took the fureft course A heart unwary to furprize , You ne'er could take by force . However , tho ' I strive no more , The fort will now be priz'd ; Which , if furrender'd up before , Perhaps had been despis'd ...
... against your eyes , You took the fureft course A heart unwary to furprize , You ne'er could take by force . However , tho ' I strive no more , The fort will now be priz'd ; Which , if furrender'd up before , Perhaps had been despis'd ...
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... Against the groffeft follies they declaim , Hard they purfue , but hunt ignoble game . Nothing is easier than fuch blots to hit , And but the talent of a vulgar wit : W- Befides , ' tis labour loft ; for who would teach -SLY to write ...
... Against the groffeft follies they declaim , Hard they purfue , but hunt ignoble game . Nothing is easier than fuch blots to hit , And but the talent of a vulgar wit : W- Befides , ' tis labour loft ; for who would teach -SLY to write ...
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... against our rules ; For they are fops , the others are but fools : Who would not be as filly as DR , Or dull as WLY , rather than CR ? The cunning courtier fhould be flighted too , Who with dull knav'ry makes so much ado , Till the ...
... against our rules ; For they are fops , the others are but fools : Who would not be as filly as DR , Or dull as WLY , rather than CR ? The cunning courtier fhould be flighted too , Who with dull knav'ry makes so much ado , Till the ...
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againſt ANTONY Athens beaſt becauſe befides beſt BRUTUS CAESAR CASCA CASSIUS caufe cauſe charms CITIZEN DECIUS BRUTUS deferve defire DOLABELLA ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fame fate fatires fault fear feem fenfe fhall fhew fhine fighs fight fince firſt flaves fome foon foul fpirits friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure Gods greateſt grief heart Heav'n himſelf honour infpires itſelf joys juft JUNIA juſt kindneſs laſt leaſt lefs loft lov'd LUCILIUS mankind maſter mind moſt mufe muft muſt myſelf ne'er noble o'er paffion paſt pleaſe pleaſure POMPEY PORTIA pow'r praiſe publick raiſe reaſon reſt Roman Rome ſay SCENE ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtrong ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand TITINIUS TREBONIUS us'd uſe VARIUS virtue Whofe whoſe wife wiſh worſe wretched yourſelf
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Seite 197 - O what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and I perceive you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded?
Seite 195 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Seite 196 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For if you should, O, what would come of it!
Seite 144 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Seite 86 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Seite 62 - I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I, perhaps, may yield to your defire.
Seite 197 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Seite 62 - For now my Pen has tir'd my tender Hand : My Woman knows the Secret of my Heart, And may hereafter better News impart.
Seite 85 - A work of such inestimable worth, There are but two the world has yet brought forth ! HOMER and VIRGIL ! with what...
Seite 205 - But here our author, befides other faults Of ill expreffions, and of vulgar thoughts, Commits one crime that needs an act of grace, And breaks the law of unity of place...