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Pàgina 547
Here feel we but the penalty of Adam , The feafon's difference ; as the icy fang , And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which , when it bites and blows upon my body , Even till I fhrink with cold , I fmile and fay , " This is no ...
Here feel we but the penalty of Adam , The feafon's difference ; as the icy fang , And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which , when it bites and blows upon my body , Even till I fhrink with cold , I fmile and fay , " This is no ...
Pàgina 554
Love's feeling is more soft and fenfible Than are the tender horns of cockled fnails . Love's tongue proves dainty Bacchus grofs in For valour , is not love a Hercules , [ tafte . Still climbing trees in the Hefperides ...
Love's feeling is more soft and fenfible Than are the tender horns of cockled fnails . Love's tongue proves dainty Bacchus grofs in For valour , is not love a Hercules , [ tafte . Still climbing trees in the Hefperides ...
Pàgina 564
O love , be moderate , allay thy ecitaly , In measure rein thy joy , fcant this excefs ; I feel too much thy bleffing , make it lefs , For fear I furfeit ! Portia's Picture . What find I here ? Fair Portia's counterfeit ?
O love , be moderate , allay thy ecitaly , In measure rein thy joy , fcant this excefs ; I feel too much thy bleffing , make it lefs , For fear I furfeit ! Portia's Picture . What find I here ? Fair Portia's counterfeit ?
Pàgina 569
And will you rend our ancient love afunder , To join with men in fcorning your poor friend It is not friendly , ' tis not maidenly ; Our fex , as well as I , may chide you for it ; Though I alone do feel the injury .
And will you rend our ancient love afunder , To join with men in fcorning your poor friend It is not friendly , ' tis not maidenly ; Our fex , as well as I , may chide you for it ; Though I alone do feel the injury .
Pàgina 571
But there is no fuch man ; for , brother , men Can counfel , and give comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel ; but , tafting it , Their counsel turns to pallion , which before Would give preceptial medicine to rage ...
But there is no fuch man ; for , brother , men Can counfel , and give comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel ; but , tafting it , Their counsel turns to pallion , which before Would give preceptial medicine to rage ...
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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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