Bell's Edition, Volúmenes65-66J. Bell, 1797 |
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... by Heav'n indulg'd to breed The stout sagacious hound and gen'rous steed ; In vain ! while yet no bard adorn'd our isle To celebrate the glorious silvan toil . For this what darling son shall feel thy fire , A iij Gift.
... by Heav'n indulg'd to breed The stout sagacious hound and gen'rous steed ; In vain ! while yet no bard adorn'd our isle To celebrate the glorious silvan toil . For this what darling son shall feel thy fire , A iij Gift.
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... vain ; While crowded theatres , too fondly proud Of their exotic minstrels and shrill pipes , The price of manhood , hail thee with a song , And airs soft - warbling ; my hoarse - sounding horn Invites thee to the Chase , the sport of ...
... vain ; While crowded theatres , too fondly proud Of their exotic minstrels and shrill pipes , The price of manhood , hail thee with a song , And airs soft - warbling ; my hoarse - sounding horn Invites thee to the Chase , the sport of ...
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... vain malignant steams and winter fogs Load the dull air , and hover round our coasts ; The huntsman , ever gay , robust , and bold , Defies the noxious vapour , and confides In this delightful exercise to raise • 90 100 His drooping ...
... vain malignant steams and winter fogs Load the dull air , and hover round our coasts ; The huntsman , ever gay , robust , and bold , Defies the noxious vapour , and confides In this delightful exercise to raise • 90 100 His drooping ...
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... chance Some envious cloud veil thy refulgent brow , In vain the Muses aid ; untouch'd , unstrung , Lies my mute harp , and thy desponding bard 120 131 140 Sits darkly musing o'er the unfinish'd lay , Let no 30 Book 1 . THE CHASE .
... chance Some envious cloud veil thy refulgent brow , In vain the Muses aid ; untouch'd , unstrung , Lies my mute harp , and thy desponding bard 120 131 140 Sits darkly musing o'er the unfinish'd lay , Let no 30 Book 1 . THE CHASE .
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... vain expence , on charitable deeds Better dispos'd , to clothe the tatter'd wretch Who shrinks beneath the blast , to feed the poor Pinch'd with afflictive want . For use , not state , Gracefully plain , let each apartment rise . O'er ...
... vain expence , on charitable deeds Better dispos'd , to clothe the tatter'd wretch Who shrinks beneath the blast , to feed the poor Pinch'd with afflictive want . For use , not state , Gracefully plain , let each apartment rise . O'er ...
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.