The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 301790 |
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... friendship ; and , therefore , I thus publicly bequeath them to you , in return for the many valuable inftances of your affection . That they may come to you with as little disad- vantage as poffible , I have left the care of them to ...
... friendship ; and , therefore , I thus publicly bequeath them to you , in return for the many valuable inftances of your affection . That they may come to you with as little disad- vantage as poffible , I have left the care of them to ...
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... friends , if poffible , as fincere as yourself . When you have found fuch , they cannot wish you more true happiness than I , who am , with the greatest zeal , Dear SIR , Your most entirely affectionate friend , and faithful obedient ...
... friends , if poffible , as fincere as yourself . When you have found fuch , they cannot wish you more true happiness than I , who am , with the greatest zeal , Dear SIR , Your most entirely affectionate friend , and faithful obedient ...
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... friend furvive . I'm tir'd with rhyming , and would fain give o'er , But juftice ftill demands one labour more : The noble Montague remains unnam'd , For wit , for humour , and for judgment fam'd ; To Dorfet he directs his artful Mufe ...
... friend furvive . I'm tir'd with rhyming , and would fain give o'er , But juftice ftill demands one labour more : The noble Montague remains unnam'd , For wit , for humour , and for judgment fam'd ; To Dorfet he directs his artful Mufe ...
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... friend , receive The last poor present that my Muse can give . I leave the arts of poetry and verse To them that practise them with more fuccefs . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And fo at once , dear friend and Mufe ...
... friend , receive The last poor present that my Muse can give . I leave the arts of poetry and verse To them that practise them with more fuccefs . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And fo at once , dear friend and Mufe ...
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... friendship's holy tyes : Their fovereign's well - diftinguish'd smiles they share , Her ornaments in peace , her strength in war ; The nation thanks them with a public voice ; By fhowers of bleffings heaven approves their choice ; Envy ...
... friendship's holy tyes : Their fovereign's well - diftinguish'd smiles they share , Her ornaments in peace , her strength in war ; The nation thanks them with a public voice ; By fhowers of bleffings heaven approves their choice ; Envy ...
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.