Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 Seiten |
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... the Doctor and his brother feemed no less defirous to im- próve . We parted , but , alas ! we parted to meet no more . In the spring of 1782 , he published his long In lxvi THE LIFE OF The Doctor was much ftruck with the ...
... the Doctor and his brother feemed no less defirous to im- próve . We parted , but , alas ! we parted to meet no more . In the spring of 1782 , he published his long In lxvi THE LIFE OF The Doctor was much ftruck with the ...
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... less contest did move , Than when for Homer's birth feven cities ftrove ; ) ( Like him in birth thou should'st be like in fame , As thine his fate , if mine had been his flame ; ) But whofoe'er it was , Nature defign'd For a brave place ...
... less contest did move , Than when for Homer's birth feven cities ftrove ; ) ( Like him in birth thou should'st be like in fame , As thine his fate , if mine had been his flame ; ) But whofoe'er it was , Nature defign'd For a brave place ...
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... less guilty wealth than amber and gold . Riches are not guilty for what they confift in , but for the mode in which they are acquired , or the use made of them . The ellipfis of the personal pronoun he at the be- ginning of this line ...
... less guilty wealth than amber and gold . Riches are not guilty for what they confift in , but for the mode in which they are acquired , or the use made of them . The ellipfis of the personal pronoun he at the be- ginning of this line ...
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... less delight To the wife maker's , than beholder's fight ; Though thefe delights from several causes move , For fo our children , thus our friends we love ; ) Wifely fhe knew the harmony of things , As well as that of founds from ...
... less delight To the wife maker's , than beholder's fight ; Though thefe delights from several causes move , For fo our children , thus our friends we love ; ) Wifely fhe knew the harmony of things , As well as that of founds from ...
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... less pleasing than to confirm it . Refpecting the Cooper's Hill , I was reluctantly neceffitated to op- pofe high authorities : respecting the Lycidas , I am happy to coincide with the judgment of most of my predeceffors . Between the ...
... less pleasing than to confirm it . Refpecting the Cooper's Hill , I was reluctantly neceffitated to op- pofe high authorities : respecting the Lycidas , I am happy to coincide with the judgment of most of my predeceffors . Between the ...
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Seite 149 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Seite 38 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose...
Seite 192 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Seite 156 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Seite 245 - When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress.
Seite 214 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Seite 218 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Seite 100 - Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for peace with all your skill ; Open wide the lofty door, Seek her on the marble floor ; In vain...
Seite 229 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Seite 161 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th