The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Том 301790 |
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... these daring thoughts belong Who help'd to raise the subject of my fong ; Το you the hero of my verse reveals His great defigns , to you in council tells His inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of towns unftorm'd , and battles yet to ...
... these daring thoughts belong Who help'd to raise the subject of my fong ; Το you the hero of my verse reveals His great defigns , to you in council tells His inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of towns unftorm'd , and battles yet to ...
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... these riches he could empires flight , And when he refted from his toils at night , The earth unpurchas'd dainties would afford , And his own garden furnish out his board : The fpring did firft his opening roses blow , First ripening ...
... these riches he could empires flight , And when he refted from his toils at night , The earth unpurchas'd dainties would afford , And his own garden furnish out his board : The fpring did firft his opening roses blow , First ripening ...
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... these for want of room I must omit , And leave for future poets to recite . Now I'll proceed their natures to declare , Which Jove himself did on the bees confer ; Because , invited by the timbrel's found , Lodg'd in a cave th ...
... these for want of room I must omit , And leave for future poets to recite . Now I'll proceed their natures to declare , Which Jove himself did on the bees confer ; Because , invited by the timbrel's found , Lodg'd in a cave th ...
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... they pick each tender bee , And cull from plants a buzzing progeny ; From these they choose out fubjects , and create A little monarch of the rising state ; Then build wax kingdoms for the infant prince , And VIRGIL , GEORG . IV . 25.
... they pick each tender bee , And cull from plants a buzzing progeny ; From these they choose out fubjects , and create A little monarch of the rising state ; Then build wax kingdoms for the infant prince , And VIRGIL , GEORG . IV . 25.
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... these the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly fhows ; And shakes the comely terrors of his brows : His nofe and mouth , the avenues of breath ...
... these the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly fhows ; And shakes the comely terrors of his brows : His nofe and mouth , the avenues of breath ...
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ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Сторінка 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Сторінка 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Сторінка 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Сторінка 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Сторінка 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Сторінка 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Сторінка 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Сторінка 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Сторінка 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Сторінка 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.