The Rape of the Lock,: An Heroi-comical Poem,T. Bensley, 1798 - 79 Seiten |
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... produce effects , but can- a This remark of Dr. Johnson's seems rather shallow , and it is certainly ill applied ; for what are Spleen and her attendants but allegorical actors ? not conduct actions : when the phantom is put in ix.
... produce effects , but can- a This remark of Dr. Johnson's seems rather shallow , and it is certainly ill applied ; for what are Spleen and her attendants but allegorical actors ? not conduct actions : when the phantom is put in ix.
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... spleen , and vanity , of women , as they embroil fami- lies in discord , and fill houses with disquiet , do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries . It has been well observed ...
... spleen , and vanity , of women , as they embroil fami- lies in discord , and fill houses with disquiet , do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries . It has been well observed ...
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... Spleen . Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome , And in a vapour reach'd the dismal dome . No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows , The dreaded east is all the wind that blows . Here in a grotto , shelter'd close from air ...
... Spleen . Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome , And in a vapour reach'd the dismal dome . No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows , The dreaded east is all the wind that blows . Here in a grotto , shelter'd close from air ...
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... spleen . Here living tea - pots stand , one arm held out , One bent ; the handle this , and that the spout ; A pipkin there , like Homer's tripod , walks ; Here sighs a jar , and there a goose - pie talks ; Men prove with child , as pow ...
... spleen . Here living tea - pots stand , one arm held out , One bent ; the handle this , and that the spout ; A pipkin there , like Homer's tripod , walks ; Here sighs a jar , and there a goose - pie talks ; Men prove with child , as pow ...
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... spleen . ' The goddess , with a discontented air , Seems to reject him , though she grants his pray'r . A wondrous bag with both her hands she binds , Like that where once Ulysses held the winds ; There she collects the force of female ...
... spleen . ' The goddess , with a discontented air , Seems to reject him , though she grants his pray'r . A wondrous bag with both her hands she binds , Like that where once Ulysses held the winds ; There she collects the force of female ...
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aërial Afculp airy ancient Ariel arms beau beauty beaux behold Belinda billet-doux bodkin bosom breast breath bright CANTO III Caryl caus'd charms Clarissa conceal'd crown'd cry'd dæmons dispers'd E'en e'er earth edition Elves ev'ry eyes fair head fate feulp FI-Du Roveray fierce FIVE CANTOS flow'rs forfex wide frolic glitt'ring Graces stand hair half hand heart Heav'n heav'nly HEROI-COMICAL POEM Homer honour humour Iliad ladies lap-dogs laughs Lesbia lines added lock London Lord Petre machinery maid Matadore mortal nymph o'er their head ombre OVID Parnell poet Pope pow'r pray'rs pride prize Pyxide quæ Queen rage RAPE repair rising sacred shining sighs silver sing Sir Plume skies snuff-box soft soul spirits Spleen spread sprites stand in sight Sylphs and Gnomes tears Thalestris thee thou Thrice toilet tow'rs trembling tresses trumps Twas Umbriel Unnumber'd verse vial VIRG Virgil wings wits wretched written in less
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Seite 8 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face and you'll forget 'em all.
Seite xxvii - Of airy Elves by moonlight shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green...
Seite 26 - Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near. Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought The close recesses of the virgin's thought; As on the nosegay in her breast reclin'd, He watch'd th...
Seite 24 - Trembling, and conscious of the rich brocade. Coffee (which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes) Sent up in vapours to the Baron's brain New stratagems, the radiant lock to gain.
Seite 48 - Why bows the side-box from its inmost rows ? How vain are all these glories, all our pains, Unless good sense preserve what beauty gains ; That men may say, when we the front- box grace, Behold the first in virtue as in face...
Seite 49 - Who would not scorn what housewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly thing of use? To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could it sure be such a sin to paint. But since, alas! frail beauty must decay...
Seite 10 - The lucid squadrons round the sails repair ; Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.
Seite 34 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Seite xxxi - Of these am I, who thy protection claim, A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name. Late, as I ranged the crystal wilds of air, In the clear Mirror of thy ruling Star I saw, alas! some dread...
Seite 24 - In heaps on heaps; one fate o'erwhelms them all. The Knave of diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (oh shameful chance!) the Queen of hearts. At this, the blood the virgin's cheek...