The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... did e'er More punish innocent blood , than pity there . But , lo ! they ' arrived now at the ' appointed place ; Well - chosen and well - furnish'd for the chase . A DISCOURSE , BY WAY OF VISION , CONCERNING THE 42 B. IV . DAVIDEIS .
... did e'er More punish innocent blood , than pity there . But , lo ! they ' arrived now at the ' appointed place ; Well - chosen and well - furnish'd for the chase . A DISCOURSE , BY WAY OF VISION , CONCERNING THE 42 B. IV . DAVIDEIS .
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... pity do surpass . Art thou the country , which didst hate And mock the French inconstancy ? And have we , have we seen of late [ thee ? Less change of habits there , than governments in Unhappy isle ! no ship of thine at sea Was ever ...
... pity do surpass . Art thou the country , which didst hate And mock the French inconstancy ? And have we , have we seen of late [ thee ? Less change of habits there , than governments in Unhappy isle ! no ship of thine at sea Was ever ...
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... through all his labyrinths ) to the supreme usurped autho- rity ; and because you say it was great pity he did not live to command more kingdoms , be pleased VOL . III . H to let me represent to you , in a few OF OLIVER CROMWELL . 77.
... through all his labyrinths ) to the supreme usurped autho- rity ; and because you say it was great pity he did not live to command more kingdoms , be pleased VOL . III . H to let me represent to you , in a few OF OLIVER CROMWELL . 77.
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... pity there he staid ; One step of glory more he should have made , And to the utmost bounds of greatness gone ; Had Adam too been kill'd , he might have reign'd alone , One brother's death , what do I mean to name , A small oblation to ...
... pity there he staid ; One step of glory more he should have made , And to the utmost bounds of greatness gone ; Had Adam too been kill'd , he might have reign'd alone , One brother's death , what do I mean to name , A small oblation to ...
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... recommendation of so cruel a sufferance , and their hopes of his endeavouring to revenge it . It is great pity the 6 De Bell . Catil . c . x . Babylonians suspected not his falsehood , that they might have 98 ESSAYS .
... recommendation of so cruel a sufferance , and their hopes of his endeavouring to revenge it . It is great pity the 6 De Bell . Catil . c . x . Babylonians suspected not his falsehood , that they might have 98 ESSAYS .
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Seite 50 - ... the estates and lives of three kingdoms as much at his disposal as was the little inheritance of his father, and to be as noble and liberal in the spending of them ; and lastly, for there is no end of all the particulars of his glory, to bequeath all this with one word to his posterity ; to die with peace...
Seite 200 - And sleep, as undisturb'd as death, the night. My house a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabin field.
Seite 183 - And they said : Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Seite 204 - Nothing shall separate me from a mistress which I have loved so long, and have now at last married, though she neither has brought me a rich portion, nor lived yet so quietly with me as I hoped from her.
Seite 75 - Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Seite 93 - The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made for themselves, under whatever form it be of government. The liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country. Of this latter we are here to discourse.
Seite 119 - Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muses...
Seite 103 - He is guarded with crowds, and shackled with formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half smile, the whole smile, the nod, the embrace, the positive parting with a little bow, the comparative at the middle of the room, the superlative at the door ; and, if the person be pan huper...
Seite 130 - I shall only instance in one delight more, the most natural and best natured of all others, a perpetual companion of the husbandman: and that is, the satisfaction of looking round about him, and seeing nothing but the effects and improvements of his own art and diligence; to be always gathering of some fruits of it, and at the same time to behold others ripening, and others budding; to see all his fields and gardens covered with the beauteous creatures of his own industry; and to see, like God, that...
Seite 205 - Nor by me e'er shall you, You of all names the sweetest, and the best, You Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You gardens, fields, and woods forsaken be, As long as life itself forsakes not me.