Bell's Edition, Volúmenes79-80J. Bell, 1797 |
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... should mark the place of my grave , see these words put upon it : Life is a jest , and all things show it ; 66 66 I thought so once , but now I know it --- " With what else you may think proper . " This dying request was executed by ...
... should mark the place of my grave , see these words put upon it : Life is a jest , and all things show it ; 66 66 I thought so once , but now I know it --- " With what else you may think proper . " This dying request was executed by ...
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... should overflow in songs of praise , And my Creator's name inspire my lays ! As in successive course the seasons roll , So circling pleasures re - create the soul ; When genial Spring a living warmth bestows , And o'er the year her ...
... should overflow in songs of praise , And my Creator's name inspire my lays ! As in successive course the seasons roll , So circling pleasures re - create the soul ; When genial Spring a living warmth bestows , And o'er the year her ...
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... Should you the various arms and toils rehearse , And all the fishermen adorn thy verse ; Should you the wide - encircling net display , And in its spacious arch enclose the sea , Then haul the plunging load upon the land , And with the ...
... Should you the various arms and toils rehearse , And all the fishermen adorn thy verse ; Should you the wide - encircling net display , And in its spacious arch enclose the sea , Then haul the plunging load upon the land , And with the ...
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... Should the big last extend the shoe too wide , Each stone will wrench th ' unwary step aside ; The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein , Thy cracking joint unhinge , or ankle sprain ; And when too hort the modest shoes are worn ...
... Should the big last extend the shoe too wide , Each stone will wrench th ' unwary step aside ; The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein , Thy cracking joint unhinge , or ankle sprain ; And when too hort the modest shoes are worn ...
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... should I teach the maid , when torrents pour , Her head to shelter from the sudden shower ? Nature will best her ready hand inform , With her spread petticoat to fence the storm . Does not each Walker know the warning sign , When wisps ...
... should I teach the maid , when torrents pour , Her head to shelter from the sudden shower ? Nature will best her ready hand inform , With her spread petticoat to fence the storm . Does not each Walker know the warning sign , When wisps ...
Términos y frases comunes
am'rous beauty beneath boaſts breaſt charms cheek coach cries dame defcend DORIS dreadful dy'd eclogue Ev'n ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear fecret feen fhade fhall fighs fing firſt flain flame fleep flow'rs foft fome fong foon foul ftill fuch fure fweet gen'rous Goltho Gondibert grace grove guife hand hath heart Heav'n honour houſe JOHN GAY laſt loft lovers Lubberkin maid MELAN Molly mourn Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion plain pleaſe pleaſure POLYPH pow'r praiſe pride Quadrille raiſe reſt rofe round rove ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould Sigebert ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtrains swain ſweet taſte tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tongue tow'rs trembling Ulfinore VIRG vows whofe whoſe wife WILLIAM DAVENANT wind youth
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Página 27 - a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that Wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require; 180 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail,
Página 124 - from each thing met conceives delight; The smell of grain, or tedded grass or kine, Or dairie, each rural sight, each rural sound. Thou wilt not find my shepherdesses idly piping on oaten
Página 150 - He leaves my hand ; see to the west he's flown, To call my truelove from the faithless Town. With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around. 90 This mellow pippin, which I pare around, My shepherd's name shall flourish on the ground: I
Página 195 - other, she thinks it but queer. MY OWN EPITAPH. LIFE is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
Página 28 - fly; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook, He shakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw, 200 When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide, Examines well his
Página 148 - With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around. At eve last midsummer no sleep I sought, But to the field a bag of hempseed brought; I scatter'd round the seed on ev'ry side, And three times in a trembling accent cry'd,
Página 179 - Why did I truft thee with that giddy youth! " Who from a page can ever learn the truth ? " Vers'd in court tricks, that money-loving boy " To fome lord's daughter fold the living toy,] " Or rent him limb from limb, in cruel play, 35 " As children tear the wings of flies away.
Página 135 - the swains, an'd seiz'd on Blouzelind. True speaks that ancient proverb, " Love is blind." CUD. As at Hot-cockles once I laid me down, And felt the weighty hand of many a clown-, 100 Buxoma gave a gentle tap, and I Quick rose, and read soft mischief in her eye.
Página 132 - that show'rs would strait ensue: He first that useful secret did explain, That pricking corns foretold the gath'ring rain: When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. 30 Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse, And praise his sweetheart
Página 48 - plains! Before proud gates attending asses bray, Or arrogate with solemn pace the way ; These grave physicians, with their milky cheer, The lovesick maid and dwindling beau repair. Here rows of drummers stand in martial file, And with their vellum thunder shake the pile, To greet the new-made bride. Are sounds like these The proper