The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen14Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... say , that confcience is the royalty and prerogative of every private man . He is abfolute in his own breast , and accountable to no earthly power , for that which paffes only betwixt God and him . Those who are driven into the fold are ...
... say , that confcience is the royalty and prerogative of every private man . He is abfolute in his own breast , and accountable to no earthly power , for that which paffes only betwixt God and him . Those who are driven into the fold are ...
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... say no more , than that they ought , and I doubt not they will confider from what hand they received it . It is not from a Cyrus , a heathen prince , and a foreigner , but from a christian king , their native fovereign ; who expects a ...
... say no more , than that they ought , and I doubt not they will confider from what hand they received it . It is not from a Cyrus , a heathen prince , and a foreigner , but from a christian king , their native fovereign ; who expects a ...
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... say the host should be descry'd By sense , define a body glorify'd ? Impaffable , and penetrating parts ? Let them declare by what mysterious arts He shot that body through th ' opposing might Of bolts and bars impervious to the light ...
... say the host should be descry'd By sense , define a body glorify'd ? Impaffable , and penetrating parts ? Let them declare by what mysterious arts He shot that body through th ' opposing might Of bolts and bars impervious to the light ...
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... say , are full and plain , And every needful point of truth contain : All who can read interpreters may be : Thus , though your several churches disagree , Yet every faint has to himself alone The fecret of this philofophic ftone ...
... say , are full and plain , And every needful point of truth contain : All who can read interpreters may be : Thus , though your several churches disagree , Yet every faint has to himself alone The fecret of this philofophic ftone ...
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... say , that glitters is not gold . How but by following her , reply'd the dame , To whom deriv'd from fire to fon they came ; Where every age does on another move , And trufts no farther than the next above ; Where all the rounds like ...
... say , that glitters is not gold . How but by following her , reply'd the dame , To whom deriv'd from fire to fon they came ; Where every age does on another move , And trufts no farther than the next above ; Where all the rounds like ...
Términos y frases comunes
ABSALOM and ACHITOPHEL againſt Amyntas Becauſe beft beſt bleft breaſt caufe cauſe cloſe confcience defign'd durft EARL of DUNDEE eaſe Engliſh EPILOGUE ev'n eyes facred fafely faid fair fame fate fatire fear feen fenfe fhall fhould fighing fight fince fing firft firſt foes fome fons fools foon foul ftand ftill fubjects fuch fung fure fweet grace gueſt heaven herſelf himſelf houſe increaſe juft juſt kiffing kind king laft laſt leaſt lefs look'd lov'd moſt Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er never numbers o'er Oxford bells Panther play pleaſe pleaſure poets praiſe prince PROLOGUE rais'd raiſe reft reſt rhyme rife riſe ſay ſcarce ſcene ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſky ſome ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou Timotheus treaſure true Twas uſe verfe Whig whofe Whoſe wife worfe yourſelves
Pasajes populares
Página 105 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Página 106 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Página 113 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Página 113 - Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy! Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute; Timotheus to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Página 113 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride: — Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 87 - FAREWELL, too little, and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine.
Página 113 - ... blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the...
Página 58 - In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in Acrostic land : There thou...
Página 11 - tis sure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may aspire : Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay : So drossy, so divisible are...
Página 73 - WELL then, the promised hour is come at last, The present age of wit obscures the past: Strong were our sires, and as they fought they writ, Conquering with force of arms and dint of wit: Theirs was the giant race before the flood ; And thus, when Charles return'd, our empire stood. Like Janus...