The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 37
Página 122
... still , The bluftering fool has satisfy'd his will ; His boon is given ; his knight has gain'd the day , But loft the prize , th ' arrears are yet to pay . Thy hour is come , and mine the care fhall be To please thy knight , and fet thy ...
... still , The bluftering fool has satisfy'd his will ; His boon is given ; his knight has gain'd the day , But loft the prize , th ' arrears are yet to pay . Thy hour is come , and mine the care fhall be To please thy knight , and fet thy ...
Página 123
... Still follow Fortune where the leads the way ) : Just then , from earth fprung out a flashing fire , By Pluto fent , at Saturn's bad defire : The startling fteed was feiz'd with fudden fright , And , bounding , o'er the pommel cast the ...
... Still follow Fortune where the leads the way ) : Just then , from earth fprung out a flashing fire , By Pluto fent , at Saturn's bad defire : The startling fteed was feiz'd with fudden fright , And , bounding , o'er the pommel cast the ...
Página 125
... still impairs ; From bad proceeds to worse , and mocks the leeches cares ; Swoln is his breaft ; his inward pains increase , All means are us'd , and all without fuccefs . The clotted blood lies heavy on his heart , Corrupts , and there ...
... still impairs ; From bad proceeds to worse , and mocks the leeches cares ; Swoln is his breaft ; his inward pains increase , All means are us'd , and all without fuccefs . The clotted blood lies heavy on his heart , Corrupts , and there ...
Página 126
... Still dark , in a damp vault , and still alone ! This fate is common ; but I lofe my breath Near blifs , and yet not blefs'd before my death . Farewel ; but take me dying in your arms , ' Tis all I can enjoy of all your charms : This ...
... Still dark , in a damp vault , and still alone ! This fate is common ; but I lofe my breath Near blifs , and yet not blefs'd before my death . Farewel ; but take me dying in your arms , ' Tis all I can enjoy of all your charms : This ...
Página 129
... Still altering , never in a steady state ; Good after ill , and after pain delight ; Alternate like the fcenes of day and night : Since every man who lives is born to die , And none can boast sincere felicity , With equal mind what ...
... Still altering , never in a steady state ; Good after ill , and after pain delight ; Alternate like the fcenes of day and night : Since every man who lives is born to die , And none can boast sincere felicity , With equal mind what ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
againſt Arcite arms becauſe befides behold beſt betwixt blood breaſt caft Canterbury tales cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer Cymon dame death defcend defire earth Emily ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecond fecret feem'd feeming fenfe fent fhade fhall fhould fhun fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow fought foul fovereign ftill ftood fuch fuffer fword grace heart heaven himſelf honour houſe iffuing juft king knight ladies laft laſt laurel leaſt lefs liv'd loft lord lov'd maid mind moſt muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid pafs Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent prepar'd prifon purfue purſued queen reafon refolv'd reft reſt Reynard ſaid ſeen ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpoke ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated turn'd Twas Virgil whofe wife worfe
Pasajes populares
Página 32 - Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns; 'for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.
Página 27 - ... for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All this proceeded, not from any want of knowledge, but of judgment. Neither did he want that in discerning the beauties and faults of other poets, but only...
Página 252 - Twas time enough at last on Death to call, The precipice in sight : a shrub was all, That kindly stood betwixt to break the fatal fall. One maid she had...
Página 95 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Página 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Página 230 - The diff'rence that distinguished man from man. He claim'd no title from descent of blood, But that which made him noble, made him good. Warm'd with more particles of heavenly flame, He wing'd his upward flight, and soar'd to fame ; The rest remain'd below, a tribe without a name.
Página 26 - He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets...
Página 31 - The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Página 26 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Página 69 - Of fortune, fate, or Providence complain? God gives us what he knows our wants require, And better things than those which we desire...