Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 Seiten |
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... gives the following account of his tutor . 46 My Caledonian tutor's name was John " Clarke ; he was , I believe , a native of " the Shetland - Iflands ; he was ingeni- << << ous and learned , but rather a fevere pedagogue ; yet , fpite ...
... gives the following account of his tutor . 46 My Caledonian tutor's name was John " Clarke ; he was , I believe , a native of " the Shetland - Iflands ; he was ingeni- << << ous and learned , but rather a fevere pedagogue ; yet , fpite ...
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... give their fuf- frages to thofe merits that promoted the good of general life . In a letter from him to a friend , in the year 1764 , in answer to an inquiry why no more of his compofitions had appeared in print , he fays , that " a ...
... give their fuf- frages to thofe merits that promoted the good of general life . In a letter from him to a friend , in the year 1764 , in answer to an inquiry why no more of his compofitions had appeared in print , he fays , that " a ...
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... - duces his friend , fuppofing he may be retired to it for fhelter , give no unfa- vourable sketch of the place . • See Poetical Works , page 259 . c 3 Where Where , ' midft thick oaks , the fubterraneous way JOHN SCOTT , Efq . xxxvii.
... - duces his friend , fuppofing he may be retired to it for fhelter , give no unfa- vourable sketch of the place . • See Poetical Works , page 259 . c 3 Where Where , ' midft thick oaks , the fubterraneous way JOHN SCOTT , Efq . xxxvii.
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... gives with a few ftrokes , to the eye , will lofe almost all their difcrimination in the words of the poet : a hill , a vale , a forest , a rivulet , and a cataract , can be defcribed only by See Poetical Works . d 2 general general ...
... gives with a few ftrokes , to the eye , will lofe almost all their difcrimination in the words of the poet : a hill , a vale , a forest , a rivulet , and a cataract , can be defcribed only by See Poetical Works . d 2 general general ...
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... his eulogium with a note , that gives a curious account of this very interefting character . Haffal is faid to have left behind him a history in d 4 manu- manuscript of his own times , which , from some JOHN SCOTT , Esq . lv.
... his eulogium with a note , that gives a curious account of this very interefting character . Haffal is faid to have left behind him a history in d 4 manu- manuscript of his own times , which , from some JOHN SCOTT , Esq . lv.
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Seite 57 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Seite 246 - 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 44 - 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 263 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.
Seite 261 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Seite 226 - 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 58 - There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing, in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Seite 48 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Seite 195 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Seite 250 - 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...