The Poems, of the Late Christopher Smart, ... Consisting of His Prize Poems, Odes, Sonnets, and Fables, Latin and English Translations; ...Smart and Cowslade; and sold by F. Power and Company, London, 1791 |
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... rage , 166 Judgest ten volumes by a page ; " Whofe wond'rous comprehenfive view Grafps more than Solomon e'er knew ; A 2 With 3 * O , gentle lady , do not put me to't , For I am nothing if not critical . OTHELLO , Act . 2 , scene 5 ...
... rage , 166 Judgest ten volumes by a page ; " Whofe wond'rous comprehenfive view Grafps more than Solomon e'er knew ; A 2 With 3 * O , gentle lady , do not put me to't , For I am nothing if not critical . OTHELLO , Act . 2 , scene 5 ...
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... fame with praise pollute , “ But damn me into fome repute . WHERE'S THE POKER ? FABLE IV . THE Poker loft , poor Sufan storm'd , And all the rites of rage perform'd ; As 5 A's fcolding , crying , fwearing , fweating , Abufing 10 FABLE S.
... fame with praise pollute , “ But damn me into fome repute . WHERE'S THE POKER ? FABLE IV . THE Poker loft , poor Sufan storm'd , And all the rites of rage perform'd ; As 5 A's fcolding , crying , fwearing , fweating , Abufing 10 FABLE S.
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... d a show ) And on the Mandrake's vernal station , Star'd with prodigious obfervation . Th ' affronted Mandrake with a frown , Address'd in rage the wealthy clown . " Proud << Proud member of the rambling race , * That 18 FABLE S.
... d a show ) And on the Mandrake's vernal station , Star'd with prodigious obfervation . Th ' affronted Mandrake with a frown , Address'd in rage the wealthy clown . " Proud << Proud member of the rambling race , * That 18 FABLE S.
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... refounding fhore ; Ye in fmoke and flames engage , guns And shake the ramparts with your rage ; Boreas diftend your chops and blow ; Ring , ring , ye bonny bells of Bow ; Ye Ye drums and rattles , rend the ears , Like 22 FABLE S.
... refounding fhore ; Ye in fmoke and flames engage , guns And shake the ramparts with your rage ; Boreas diftend your chops and blow ; Ring , ring , ye bonny bells of Bow ; Ye Ye drums and rattles , rend the ears , Like 22 FABLE S.
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... rage , and shook his mane , And roar'd , and rcar'd , and roar'd again . Wond'rous , tho ' painted on a board , He roar'd , and ro › r'd , and roar'd , and roar'd . Fool ! ( fays the majesty of beafts ) At whole expence a legion feasts ...
... rage , and shook his mane , And roar'd , and rcar'd , and roar'd again . Wond'rous , tho ' painted on a board , He roar'd , and ro › r'd , and roar'd , and roar'd . Fool ! ( fays the majesty of beafts ) At whole expence a legion feasts ...
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 114 - And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Seite 208 - Neglect the rules each verbal Critic lays, For not to know some trifles, is a praise. Most Critics, fond of some subservient art, Still make the Whole depend upon a Part : They talk of principles, but notions prize, And all to one lov'd Folly sacrifice.
Seite 204 - Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
Seite 118 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Seite 210 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.
Seite 120 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Seite 246 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising Temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Seite 214 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line ; While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Where'er you find " the cooling western breeze...
Seite 202 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Seite 202 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...