A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison. Hammond. Savage. Hill. Tickell. Somervile. Broome. Pitt. Blair |
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... in plains delight ; Thine snall , like his , foon take a higher flight : When few
dare give , and fewer merit praise , A mufe Gincere , chat never flattery knew , So
larks , which first from lowly fields arise , Pays what to friendship and desert is
due .
... in plains delight ; Thine snall , like his , foon take a higher flight : When few
dare give , and fewer merit praise , A mufe Gincere , chat never flattery knew , So
larks , which first from lowly fields arise , Pays what to friendship and desert is
due .
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531 No place so sacred from such sops is barr'd , Fear not the anger of the wise
to raise ; Nor is Paul's church more fafe than Paul's churchThose belt can bear
reproof , who merit praise . yard : ' Twere well might critics still this freedom take ...
531 No place so sacred from such sops is barr'd , Fear not the anger of the wise
to raise ; Nor is Paul's church more fafe than Paul's churchThose belt can bear
reproof , who merit praise . yard : ' Twere well might critics still this freedom take ...
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I follow virtue ; where the thines , ' praise ; P. If not the tradesman who set up to -
day , Point the to Priest or Elder , Whig or Tory , Much less the ' prentice who to -
morrow may . Or round a Quaker's beaver cast a glory . Down , down . proud ...
I follow virtue ; where the thines , ' praise ; P. If not the tradesman who set up to -
day , Point the to Priest or Elder , Whig or Tory , Much less the ' prentice who to -
morrow may . Or round a Quaker's beaver cast a glory . Down , down . proud ...
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632 , in which a high praise is bestowed on Steele's papers in the “ Tatler , "
against sharpers , which produced most beneficial effects . From felon gamesters
the raw squire is free , And Britain owes her rescued vaks to thee . He was also a
...
632 , in which a high praise is bestowed on Steele's papers in the “ Tatler , "
against sharpers , which produced most beneficial effects . From felon gamesters
the raw squire is free , And Britain owes her rescued vaks to thee . He was also a
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Virtue is virtue , wherefoe'er she dwells ; And fure , where learning gives her light
to shine , CHARACTER Her's is all praise --- if her's , ' tis Foster , thine . Thee
boatt dissenters ; we with pride may own OF THE REV . JAMES FOSTER .
Virtue is virtue , wherefoe'er she dwells ; And fure , where learning gives her light
to shine , CHARACTER Her's is all praise --- if her's , ' tis Foster , thine . Thee
boatt dissenters ; we with pride may own OF THE REV . JAMES FOSTER .
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Términos y frases comunes
appear arms bear beauty beneath blood breaſt breath charms court crowd death eyes face fair fall fame fate fear fields fire firſt flow fools give gods grace hand head hear heart heaven himſelf honour hope hour juſt kind king land laſt laws learned leave letter light live look Lord maid mind moſt muſe muſt nature never night o'er once pain plain play pleaſe poem poet poor Pope praiſe pride proud race rage riſe round ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſoul ſtill ſuch tears tell thee theſe things thoſe thou thought trembling true turn vain verſe virtue whole whoſe wind write youth
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Página 92 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 27 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Página 92 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Página 89 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Página 89 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Página 17 - Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Página 39 - 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.
Página 161 - ... or science, which have not been touched upon by others ; we have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights. If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry...
Página 102 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!