The Works of the English Poets, Volumen20Samuel Johnson J. Nichols, 1779 |
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... ne'er had fire , or el'e whofe fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to tafle . I would a poet , like a mistress , try , Not by her hair , her hand , her nofe , her eye ; But by fome nameless power , to give me joy ...
... ne'er had fire , or el'e whofe fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to tafle . I would a poet , like a mistress , try , Not by her hair , her hand , her nofe , her eye ; But by fome nameless power , to give me joy ...
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... ne'er convince a fool , himself is fo : He hates realities , and hugs the cheat , And ftill the only pleasure ' s the deceit . So meteors flatter with a dazzling dye , Which no existence has , but in the eye . As diftant profpects ...
... ne'er convince a fool , himself is fo : He hates realities , and hugs the cheat , And ftill the only pleasure ' s the deceit . So meteors flatter with a dazzling dye , Which no existence has , but in the eye . As diftant profpects ...
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... ne'er talk of trade and ftock , but tell How Virgil writ , how bravely Turnus fell . The country - dames drive to Hippolito's , First find a spark , and after lose a nose . The lawyer for lac'd coat the robe does quit , He grows a ...
... ne'er talk of trade and ftock , but tell How Virgil writ , how bravely Turnus fell . The country - dames drive to Hippolito's , First find a spark , and after lose a nose . The lawyer for lac'd coat the robe does quit , He grows a ...
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... ne'er alarm , nor doubts control , Rais'd on the pinions of the bounding wind , Out - flew the rack , and left the hours behind . The evening now with blushes warms the air , The steer refigns the yoke , the hind his care . The clouds ...
... ne'er alarm , nor doubts control , Rais'd on the pinions of the bounding wind , Out - flew the rack , and left the hours behind . The evening now with blushes warms the air , The steer refigns the yoke , the hind his care . The clouds ...
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... ne'er complain . What looks discover , faid the homicide , Would be a fruitless industry to hide . My fafety first I must confult , and then I'll ferve our fuffering party with my pen . All should , reply'd the Hag , their talent learn ...
... ne'er complain . What looks discover , faid the homicide , Would be a fruitless industry to hide . My fafety first I must confult , and then I'll ferve our fuffering party with my pen . All should , reply'd the Hag , their talent learn ...
Términos y frases comunes
ancient Apicius arms Art of Cookery becauſe beſt Britiſh charms Cook cries defign defire difh diſhes drefs eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fair fame fate fatire fear feas Feaſt feem feen fend fent feven fhall fhew fhould fighs filk filver fince fire firft firſt Fiſh fkies flame fleep fmiles fome fomething foon foul fprings freſh Friend ftill ftreams fubject fuch fure give grace greateſt himſelf honour Jove juft juſt King laft laſt Latian leaſt lefs loft Love Mafter meat moft moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er Nymph o'er obferves occafion Orpheus Ovid paffion paſt perfons pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poets prefent purſue raiſe reaſon reign rife riſe ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand unleſs uſe verfe Vertumnus Whilft whofe whoſe wife Wine
Pasajes populares
Página 203 - Ingenious Lister, were a picture drawn, With Cynthia's face, but with a neck like Brawn ; With wings of Turkey, and with feet of Calf, Though drawn by Kneller, it would make you laugh.
Página 110 - Gentiles' great apostle's name, With grace divine great Anna's seen to rise, An awful form, that glads a nation's eyes. Beneath her feet four mighty realms appear, And with due reverence pay their homage there) Britain and Ireland seem to owe her grace, And e'en wild India wears a smiling face.
Página 5 - It is hard, that to think well of you, fhould be but juftice, and to tell you fo, mould be an offence : thus, rather than violate your modefty, I muft be wanting to your other virtues ; and, to gratify one good quality, do wrong to a thoufand. The world...
Página 410 - WHEN the young people ride the Skimmington, There is a general trembling in a town : Not only he for whom the person rides Suffers, but they sweep other doors besides ; And by that hieroglyphic does appear That the good woman is the master there.
Página 15 - Should not have leave to judge, as well as kill : Nay, let them write ; let them their forces join, And hope the motley piece may rival thine. Safely defpife their malice, and their toil, Which vulgar ears alone will reach, and will defile.
Página 406 - More out of choice, than that he loft his way, He let his company the Hare purfue, For he himfelf had other game in view. A Beggar by her trade ; yet not fo mean, But that her cheeks were frefh, and linen clean. J' Miftrefs," quoth he, " and what if we two fhou'd * Retire a little way into the wood...
Página 170 - Clafficks as if we were never to get higher than our Tully or our Virgil. You tantalize me only, when you tell me of the Edition of a Book by the ingenious Dr. Lifter, which you fay is a Treatife De Condlmentis & Offoniis Peterum, ••Of " Of the Sauces and Soups of the Ancients,
Página 44 - Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run : So lines that from their parallel decline, More they proceed, the more they still disjoin.
Página 10 - ... far real, though the poetical relation be fictitious. I hope no body will think the author too undecently reflecting through the whole, who being too liable to faults himfelf, ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others.
Página 11 - I think in my conscience a very able physician as well as a gentleman of extraordinary learning. If I am hard upon any one it is my reader ; but some worthy gentlemen, as remarkable for their humanity as their extraordinary parts, have taken, care to make him amends for it, by prefixing something of their own.