Bell's Edition, Volúmenes79-80J. Bell, 1797 |
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... King George II . at her arrival in England . * See his Epistle to a Lady , occasioned by the Arrival of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales . This address procured him a favourable admittance at the new vii LIFE OF GAY :
... King George II . at her arrival in England . * See his Epistle to a Lady , occasioned by the Arrival of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales . This address procured him a favourable admittance at the new vii LIFE OF GAY :
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... kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say , Striking their pensive bosoms , --- Here lies GAY . Then follows this farther Inscription : Here lie the ashes of Mr. JOHN GAY , The warmest friend , The most benevolent man ...
... kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say , Striking their pensive bosoms , --- Here lies GAY . Then follows this farther Inscription : Here lie the ashes of Mr. JOHN GAY , The warmest friend , The most benevolent man ...
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... king of the Sabines ) found in the common sewer , and not knowing what Goddess it was , he called it Cloaci- na , from the place in which it was found , and paid to it divine honours . Lactant . 1 , 20. Minuc . Fel , Oct. p . 232 . To ...
... king of the Sabines ) found in the common sewer , and not knowing what Goddess it was , he called it Cloaci- na , from the place in which it was found , and paid to it divine honours . Lactant . 1 , 20. Minuc . Fel , Oct. p . 232 . To ...
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... King Never was wolf seen , many or some , Nor in all Kent nor in Christendom . For as much as I have mentioned Maister Spenser , soothly I must acknowledge him a bard of sweetest memorial . Yet bath his shepherd's boy at sometimes ...
... King Never was wolf seen , many or some , Nor in all Kent nor in Christendom . For as much as I have mentioned Maister Spenser , soothly I must acknowledge him a bard of sweetest memorial . Yet bath his shepherd's boy at sometimes ...
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... kings Wait while our Bowzybeus sings . Rather than verse of simple swain Shou'd stay the trade of France or Spain , Or for the plaint of parson's maid , Yon ' Emp'ror's packets be delay'd , In sooth I swear by holy Paul , I'd burn book ...
... kings Wait while our Bowzybeus sings . Rather than verse of simple swain Shou'd stay the trade of France or Spain , Or for the plaint of parson's maid , Yon ' Emp'ror's packets be delay'd , In sooth I swear by holy Paul , I'd burn book ...
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