The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 301790 |
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... Marcus dy'd , And Cato told the gods , I'm fatisfy'd . See ! how your lays the British youth inflame ! They long to fhoot and ripen into fame ; Applauding theatres difturb their reft , And unborn Cato's heave in every breast ; Their ...
... Marcus dy'd , And Cato told the gods , I'm fatisfy'd . See ! how your lays the British youth inflame ! They long to fhoot and ripen into fame ; Applauding theatres difturb their reft , And unborn Cato's heave in every breast ; Their ...
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... Marcus new in early death appears , While Cato counts his wounds , and not his years ; Who , checking private grief , the public mourns , Commands the pity he fo greatly scorns ; But when he strikes ( to crown his generous part ) That ...
... Marcus new in early death appears , While Cato counts his wounds , and not his years ; Who , checking private grief , the public mourns , Commands the pity he fo greatly scorns ; But when he strikes ( to crown his generous part ) That ...
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... virtue cannot cure my foul , And all the jarring paffions there control In vain -- but ah ! what arguments can prove Sufficient to refift the force of Love ? I burn like Marcus in th ' impetuous fire ; 4 254 ADDISON's POEM S ; gedy of Cato.
... virtue cannot cure my foul , And all the jarring paffions there control In vain -- but ah ! what arguments can prove Sufficient to refift the force of Love ? I burn like Marcus in th ' impetuous fire ; 4 254 ADDISON's POEM S ; gedy of Cato.
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English poets. I burn like Marcus in th ' impetuous fire ; Like him I languish with the fond defire ; Like him I groan beneath th ' uneasy weight , And ev'n , like him despairing , wish my fate . Could you with Lucia's eyes behold my ...
English poets. I burn like Marcus in th ' impetuous fire ; Like him I languish with the fond defire ; Like him I groan beneath th ' uneasy weight , And ev'n , like him despairing , wish my fate . Could you with Lucia's eyes behold my ...
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... Marcus - Mr. Powel . Mr. Ryan . Decius , Ambassador from Cæfar Mr. Bowman . - MUTINEERS , GUARDS , & c . WOMEN . Marcia , Daughter to Cato - - Mrs. Oldfield . Lucia , Daughter to Lucius - - Mrs. Porter . Scene , a large Hall in the ...
... Marcus - Mr. Powel . Mr. Ryan . Decius , Ambassador from Cæfar Mr. Bowman . - MUTINEERS , GUARDS , & c . WOMEN . Marcia , Daughter to Cato - - Mrs. Oldfield . Lucia , Daughter to Lucius - - Mrs. Porter . Scene , a large Hall in the ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Seite 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Seite 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Seite 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Seite 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Seite 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Seite 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Seite 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.