The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts: In Three Volumes, Том 1F. and C. Rivington, 1802 - 383 стор. |
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The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Three Volumes, Том 1 Edward Young Повний перегляд - 1792 |
The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts: In Three Volumes, Том 1 Edward Young Повний перегляд - 1802 |
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ambition arms art thou AULETES bless bliss blood boast book of Job breast bright Britain's BUSIRIS charms CLODIO CODRUS crime crown dæmon dare dead death deep divine dreadful earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair fam'd fame fate father fear fire fix'd flame fool genius give glory gods grace groans GUILFORD guilty hast hear heart heav'n immortal king Leviathan lord MANDANE mankind MEMNON mighty mind mortal muse MYRON nature nature's ne'er NICANOR night numbers nymphs o'er pain passion PHERON pow'r praise pride proud QUEEN rage RAMESES reigns rise roar round sacred Satire SATIRE VI scene SEA PIE shade shew shine sight skies smile soul spleen swell sword SYPHOCES tears tempest tempests play terror thee Thine thou thought thro throne thunder trembling triumph twill vengeance VIRG virtue wise write
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Сторінка v - to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exactness, " but copiousness: particular lines are not to be regarded; " the power is in the whole; and in the whole there is a " magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantations, the " magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity." So far Dr. Johnson.—Mr. Croft says,
Сторінка 93 - While Ia moment name, a moment's past; I'm nearer death in this verse, than the last: What then is to be done ? Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed. And what so foolish as the chance of fame ? How vain the prize! how impotent our aim
Сторінка 30 - Open with Pray'r, the consecrated day; " Tune Thy great praise, and bid my soul arise, " And with the mounting sun ascend the skies: " As that advances, let my zeal improve, " And glow with ardour of consummate love; " Nor cease at eve, but with the Setting Sun " My endless worship shall be still begun.
Сторінка 29 - Who decks the maiden Spring with flow'ry pride ? " Who calls forth Summer, like a sparkling bride ? " Who joys the mother Autumn's bed to crown ? " And bids old winter lay her honours down ? " Not the Great OTTOMAN, or Greater CZAR, " Not Europe's arbitress of peace and war. " May sea and land, and earth and
Сторінка v - the two or three first have been perused more eagerly and " more frequently than the rest. When he got as far as the " fourth or fifth, his original motive for taking up the pen " was answered: his grief was naturally either diminished " or exhausted. We still find the same pious poet; but we
Сторінка 150 - Let them cant on, since they have got the knack, " And dress their notions, like themselves, in black ; " Fright us with terrors of a world unknown, " From joys of this, to keep them all their own. " Of earth's fair fruits, indeed, they claim a fee ; .
Сторінка 140 - graces shine ? They, like the sun, irradiate all between ; The body charms because the soul is seen. Hence, men are often captives of a face, They know not why, of no peculiar grace: Some forms, tho' bright, no mortal man can bear; Some, none resist, tho
Сторінка 145 - of five-pence, as the veriest cit; And quite as much detested as a wit. Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine ? Can we dig peace, or wisdom, from the mine ? Wisdom to gold prefer; for 'tis much less
Сторінка 73 - follies, from each distant land, Like arts, improve in Britain's skilful hand; When the Law shews her teeth, but dares not bite, And 'South-sea treasures are not brought to light; When Churchmen Scripture for the Classics quit, Polite apostates from God's Grace to Wit; When men grow great from their revenue spent
Сторінка 206 - She scorns the rider, and pursuing steed. How rich the Peacock! J what bright glories run From plume to plume, and vary in the sun ! Here we may observe, that our judicious as well as sublime author, just touches the great points of distinction in each creature, and then hastens to another. A description is exact when you cannot