The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Band 401807 |
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... whole ; 65 Or affectations quite reverse the soul . The dull , flat falsehood , serves for policy ; And in the cunning , truth itself's a lie ; Unthought - of frailties cheat us in the wise ; The fool lies hid in inconsistencies , See ...
... whole ; 65 Or affectations quite reverse the soul . The dull , flat falsehood , serves for policy ; And in the cunning , truth itself's a lie ; Unthought - of frailties cheat us in the wise ; The fool lies hid in inconsistencies , See ...
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... whole sex of queens ! Pow'r all their end , but beauty all the means . 220 In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age ; For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or ...
... whole sex of queens ! Pow'r all their end , but beauty all the means . 220 In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age ; For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or ...
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... whole wealth been hops and hogs , Could he himself have sent it to the dogs ? 66 His grace will game : to White's a bull be led , With spurning heels and with a butting head ; To White's be carry'd , as to ancient games , Fair coursers ...
... whole wealth been hops and hogs , Could he himself have sent it to the dogs ? 66 His grace will game : to White's a bull be led , With spurning heels and with a butting head ; To White's be carry'd , as to ancient games , Fair coursers ...
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... whole auction buys ? Phryne foresees a general excise . Why She and Sappho raise that monstrous sum ? Alas ! they fear a man will cost a plum . 125 Wise Peter sees the world's respect for gold , And therefore hopes this nation may be ...
... whole auction buys ? Phryne foresees a general excise . Why She and Sappho raise that monstrous sum ? Alas ! they fear a man will cost a plum . 125 Wise Peter sees the world's respect for gold , And therefore hopes this nation may be ...
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... whole , Then dubs Director , and secures his soul . Behold , Sir Balaam , now a man of spirit , 375 Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit ; What late he call'd a blessing now was wit , And God's good providence a lucky hit ...
... whole , Then dubs Director , and secures his soul . Behold , Sir Balaam , now a man of spirit , 375 Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit ; What late he call'd a blessing now was wit , And God's good providence a lucky hit ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Author bard Bavius beauty Behold bless'd Boileau charms Cibber court Criticism dæmon dear Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness Dunciad EPISTLE Eridanus Essay Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate flame folly fool Francis Atterbury genius gentle Gildon Goddess grace hath hear heart Heav'n hero Homer honor Horace Iliad IMITATIONS kings knave laws learned Leonard Welsted Letter LEWIS THEOBALD live Lord lov'd Matthew Concanen MIST'S JOURNAL moral Muse ne'er never numbers o'er octavo once Ovid person pleas'd Poem poet poet's poor Pope pow'r praise pride printed proud Queen rage REMARKS rhymes rise sacred saith Sappho satire shade shew shine sing SMIL soft soul Swift tell thee thine things thou thought Town truth Twas verse Virg Virgil virtue Whig wife words wretched writ write youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 132 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 125 - A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross?
Seite 132 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Seite 131 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 136 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Seite 126 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Seite 36 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst.
Seite 125 - 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 129 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
Seite 170 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie ; Where MURRAY (long enough, his country's pride) Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE ! Rack'd with sciatics,.