The Works of the English Poets: Denham and SprattH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... be fuch , that thou may'st give Profit to others , or from them receive : Inftruct the ignorant ; to thofe that live Under thy care , good rules and patterns give ; Nor Nor is ' t the leaft of virtues , to 64 POEM S. DENHAM'S.
... be fuch , that thou may'st give Profit to others , or from them receive : Inftruct the ignorant ; to thofe that live Under thy care , good rules and patterns give ; Nor Nor is ' t the leaft of virtues , to 64 POEM S. DENHAM'S.
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Samuel Johnson. Nor is ' t the leaft of virtues , to relieve Those whom afflictions or oppreffions grieve . Commend but fparingly whom thou doft love : But lefs condemn whom thou doft not approve ; Thy friend , like flattery , too much ...
Samuel Johnson. Nor is ' t the leaft of virtues , to relieve Those whom afflictions or oppreffions grieve . Commend but fparingly whom thou doft love : But lefs condemn whom thou doft not approve ; Thy friend , like flattery , too much ...
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... Virtue doth man to virtuous actions steer , ' Tis not enough that he should vice forbear ; We live not only for ourselves to care , Whilft they that want it are deny'd their share . Wife Plato faid , the world with men was ftor'd H Wife ...
... Virtue doth man to virtuous actions steer , ' Tis not enough that he should vice forbear ; We live not only for ourselves to care , Whilft they that want it are deny'd their share . Wife Plato faid , the world with men was ftor'd H Wife ...
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... virtue fhews , Then his difciple Aristotle rose , Who nature's fecrets to the world did teach , Yet that great foul our novelifts impeach ; Too much manuring fill'd that field with weeds , While fects , like locufts , did destroy the ...
... virtue fhews , Then his difciple Aristotle rose , Who nature's fecrets to the world did teach , Yet that great foul our novelifts impeach ; Too much manuring fill'd that field with weeds , While fects , like locufts , did destroy the ...
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... virtues through the universe . Here fome digreffion I must make , t'accuse Thee , my forgetful and ingrateful Mufe : Couldst thou from Greece to Latium take thy flight , And not to thy great ancestor do right ? I can no more believe old ...
... virtues through the universe . Here fome digreffion I must make , t'accuse Thee , my forgetful and ingrateful Mufe : Couldst thou from Greece to Latium take thy flight , And not to thy great ancestor do right ? I can no more believe old ...
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Página 57 - Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear...
Página 21 - First to a Torrent, then a Deluge swells: Stronger, and fiercer by restraint he roars, And knows no bound, but makes his power his shores.
Página 15 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Página 14 - Can knowledge have no bound, but must advance So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a...
Página 18 - All instruments, all arts of ruin met; He calls to mind his strength, and then his speed, His winged heels, and then his armed head; With these t' avoid, with that his fate to meet; But fear prevails and bids him trust his feet.
Página 293 - Like transitory dreams given o'er, Whose images are kept in store By memory alone. The time that is to come is not; How can it then be mine? The present moment's all my lot; And that, as fast as it is got, Phillis, is only thine. Then talk not of inconstancy, False hearts, and broken vows; If I by miracle can be This live-long minute true to thee, 'Tis all that Heaven allows.
Página 314 - Likes me abundantly ; but you take care Upon this point, not to be too severe. Perhaps my muse were fitter for this part, For I profess I can be very smart On wit, which I abhor with all my heart.
Página 335 - If those gross faults his choice pen doth commit Proceed from want of judgment, or of wit ? Or if his lumpish fancy does refuse Spirit and grace to his loose slattern Muse ? Five hundred verses every morning writ, Prove him no more a poet than a wit...
Página 53 - How unconcern'd in things to come ! if here uneasy, finds at Rome, at Paris, or Madrid, his home. Secure from low and private ends, his life, his zeal, his wealth attends his prince, his country, and his friends.
Página 58 - Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate, And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear} He not from Rome alone, but Greece, Like Jason brought the golden fleece ; To him that language, though to none Of th' others, as his own was known.