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Pàgina 550
Now thew the wound mine eye hath made in Scratch thee but with a pin , and there remains Some fear of it ; lean but upon a rush , The cicatrice and capable impreffure Thy palm fome moment ...
Now thew the wound mine eye hath made in Scratch thee but with a pin , and there remains Some fear of it ; lean but upon a rush , The cicatrice and capable impreffure Thy palm fome moment ...
Pàgina 555
O word of fear , Unpleafing to a married ear ! When thepherds pipe on oaten straws , And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks ; When turtles tread , and rooks and daws ; And maidens bleach their fummer ( mocks ; The cuckow then , on every ...
O word of fear , Unpleafing to a married ear ! When thepherds pipe on oaten straws , And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks ; When turtles tread , and rooks and daws ; And maidens bleach their fummer ( mocks ; The cuckow then , on every ...
Pàgina 558
... whereon I ftudied , Is like a good thing , being often read , Grown fear'd and tedious ; yea , my gravity , Wherein ( let no man hear me ) I take pride , Could I , with boot , change for an idle plume Which the air beats for vain .
... whereon I ftudied , Is like a good thing , being often read , Grown fear'd and tedious ; yea , my gravity , Wherein ( let no man hear me ) I take pride , Could I , with boot , change for an idle plume Which the air beats for vain .
Pàgina 559
Yet in this life Lie hid more thousand deaths : yet death we fear , That makes thefe odds all even . The Terrors of Death moft in Apprehenfion . Claud . Is there no reinedy ? fab . None but fuch remedy as , to fave a head , Would cleave ...
Yet in this life Lie hid more thousand deaths : yet death we fear , That makes thefe odds all even . The Terrors of Death moft in Apprehenfion . Claud . Is there no reinedy ? fab . None but fuch remedy as , to fave a head , Would cleave ...
Pàgina 564
How all the other paffions fleet to air , As doubtful thoughts , and rafh embrac'd defpair , And fhuddering fear , and green - eyed jealousy ! O love , be moderate , allay thy ecitaly , In measure rein thy joy , fcant this excefs ...
How all the other paffions fleet to air , As doubtful thoughts , and rafh embrac'd defpair , And fhuddering fear , and green - eyed jealousy ! O love , be moderate , allay thy ecitaly , In measure rein thy joy , fcant this excefs ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 715 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Pàgina 622 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Pàgina 714 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Pàgina 548 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Pàgina 621 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Pàgina 619 - Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Pàgina 620 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Pàgina 570 - Now it is the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide.
Pàgina 683 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Pàgina 548 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose ... Volum 2 de Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Vicesimus Knox |
| Autor | Vicesimus Knox |
| Editor | T. Longman, 1796 |
| Original de | Universitat d’Oxford |
| Digitalitzat el | 16 Jul. 2007 |
| Nre. de pàgines | 1008 pàgines |
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