Bell's Edition, Volúmenes65-66J. Bell, 1797 |
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... shades , and after death survive . I hope , therefore , I may be indulged ( even by the more grave and censorious part of mankind ) if , at my leisure hours , I run over in my elbow - chair some of those Chases which were once the ...
... shades , and after death survive . I hope , therefore , I may be indulged ( even by the more grave and censorious part of mankind ) if , at my leisure hours , I run over in my elbow - chair some of those Chases which were once the ...
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... shade no less demand thy care . In a large square th ' adjacent field inclose ; There plant in equal ranks the spreading elm , Or fragrant lime ; most happy thy design , 161 If at the bottom of thy spacious court 170 A Book I. 31 THE ...
... shade no less demand thy care . In a large square th ' adjacent field inclose ; There plant in equal ranks the spreading elm , Or fragrant lime ; most happy thy design , 161 If at the bottom of thy spacious court 170 A Book I. 31 THE ...
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... shades Lead forth the panting tribe ; soon shalt thou find The cordial breeze their fainting hearts revive : Tumultuous soon they plunge into the stream , There lave their reeking sides , with greedy joy Gulp down the flying wave , this ...
... shades Lead forth the panting tribe ; soon shalt thou find The cordial breeze their fainting hearts revive : Tumultuous soon they plunge into the stream , There lave their reeking sides , with greedy joy Gulp down the flying wave , this ...
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... shade ; there many a ring Runs o'er in dreams ; now on the doubtful soil Puzzles perplex'd , or doubles intricate , Cautious unfolds , then wing'd with all his speed Bounds o'er the lawn to seize his panting prey , And in imperfect ...
... shade ; there many a ring Runs o'er in dreams ; now on the doubtful soil Puzzles perplex'd , or doubles intricate , Cautious unfolds , then wing'd with all his speed Bounds o'er the lawn to seize his panting prey , And in imperfect ...
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... shades by Nature's pencil drawn , Reflects the various tints ; his ears and legs , Fleck'd here and there , in gay enamell'd pride Rival the speckled pard ; his rush - grown tail O'er his broad back bends in an ample arch : On shoulders ...
... shades by Nature's pencil drawn , Reflects the various tints ; his ears and legs , Fleck'd here and there , in gay enamell'd pride Rival the speckled pard ; his rush - grown tail O'er his broad back bends in an ample arch : On shoulders ...
Términos y frases comunes
ALLAN RAMSAY arms Aurengzebe bard behold beneath bless bless'd blood bold brave breast bright BRITISH LIBRARY brow brute charms Chase clouds courser crowd dear delight despair dread e'er earth Ev'n ev'ry eyes FABLE face fair fame fate feast fierce fix'd flies flow'rs fond Ganderetta gen'rous glorious good-natur'd Gorgonius grace ground groves hand happy head heart Heav'n hills Hobbinol honour hopes hounds Hudibras humble huntsman Jove kind king loud merry mighty Muse night Numps nymph o'er once op'ning Oppian Ovid pack pain panting pleas'd poor pow'r pray'r prey pride prize proud rage reigns rich shade shine shore smiles soon soul stream swain sweet thee thou thro throne tow'ring trembling twas tyrant vale vale of Evesham vex'd view'd VIRG voice wanton waves WILLIAM SOMERVILE wind wings wise wounds wretch younker youth
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Página 174 - If this pale rose offend your sight, It in your bosom wear, 'Twill blush to find itself less white, And turn Lancastrian there.
Página 42 - The vassal world the prize. Nor was that host More numerous of old, which the great* King Pour'd out on Greece from all th' unpeopled East ; That bridg'd the Hellespont from shore to shore, And drank the rivers dry.
Página 51 - Dispers'd, how busily this way, and that, They cross, examining with curious nose Each likely haunt. Hark ! on the drag I hear Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry More nobly full, and swell'd with every mouth.
Página 94 - Burlesque is therefore of two kinds ; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people. Don Quixote is an instance of the first, and Lucian's gods of the second. It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary ; or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
Página 34 - Muse she flies ! Here, huntsman, bring (But without hurry) all thy jolly hounds, And calmly lay them in. How low they stoop, And seem to plough the ground ! then all at once With greedy nostrils snuff the fuming steam That glads their flutt'ring hearts. As winds let loose From the dark caverns of the blustering God, They burst away, and sweep the dewy lawn.
Página 27 - At eve forebode a blustering stormy day, Or lowering clouds blacken the mountain's brow, When nipping frosts, and the keen biting blasts Of the dry parching east, menace the trees With tender blossoms teeming, kindly spare Thy sleeping pack, in their warm beds of straw...
Página 25 - His busy nose, .the steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick; his snuffling nose, his active tail, Attest his joy ; then with deep opening mouth, That makes the welkin tremble, he proclaims Th' audacious felon ; foot by foot he marks His winding way, while all the listening crowd Applaud his reasonings.
Página 53 - Lead us bewilder'd ! Smooth as swallows skim The new-shorn mead, and far more swift, we fly. See my brave pack ! how to the head they press, Jostling in close array, then more diffuse Obliquely wheel, while from their op'ning mouths The volleyed thunder breaks.
Página 88 - Indignant foams, and all the scaly kind Affrighted, hide their heads. Wild tumult reigns, And loud uproar. Ah there once more he vents ! See, that bold hound has seiz'd him; down they sink, Together lost; but soon shall he repent His rash assault.
Página 35 - Huntsman ! her gait observe ; if in wide rings She wheel her mazy way, in the same round Persisting still, she'll foil the beaten track. But if she fly, and with the favouring wind Urge her bold course ; less intricate thy task: Push on thy pack.