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 ...T. Longman, 1796 - 1008 pàgines |
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Pàgina 573
... Beauty . Say that the frown ; I'li fay fhe looks as clear As morning roles newly wash'd with dew . Mufic . Prepofterous afs ! that never read fo far , To know the caufe why mufic was ordain'd ! Was it not , to refresh the mind of man ...
... Beauty . Say that the frown ; I'li fay fhe looks as clear As morning roles newly wash'd with dew . Mufic . Prepofterous afs ! that never read fo far , To know the caufe why mufic was ordain'd ! Was it not , to refresh the mind of man ...
Pàgina 574
... beauty , as frofts bite the meads ; Confounds thy fame , as whirlwinds hake fair And in no fenfe is meet , or amiable . A woman mov'd is like a fountain troubled , Muddy , ill - feeming , thick , bereft of beauty ; And while it is fo ...
... beauty , as frofts bite the meads ; Confounds thy fame , as whirlwinds hake fair And in no fenfe is meet , or amiable . A woman mov'd is like a fountain troubled , Muddy , ill - feeming , thick , bereft of beauty ; And while it is fo ...
Pàgina 578
... beauty . [ crown'd Character of a noble Gentleman . Yet I fuppofe him virtuous , know him noble , Of great eftate ... Beauty . ' Tis beauty truly blent , whofe red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on : Lady , you are ...
... beauty . [ crown'd Character of a noble Gentleman . Yet I fuppofe him virtuous , know him noble , Of great eftate ... Beauty . ' Tis beauty truly blent , whofe red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on : Lady , you are ...
Pàgina 579
... beauty ; but the beauteous evil Are empty trunks , o'erflourish'd by the devil . Ignorance of ourselves : -One Drunkard's Re- flection on another . Then he's a rogue , and a paffy - mcafures pavin . I hate a drunken rogue . Val . 13 ...
... beauty ; but the beauteous evil Are empty trunks , o'erflourish'd by the devil . Ignorance of ourselves : -One Drunkard's Re- flection on another . Then he's a rogue , and a paffy - mcafures pavin . I hate a drunken rogue . Val . 13 ...
Pàgina 580
... beauty of the fun , And by and by a cloud takes all away ! His There is no woe to his correction , Nor , to his fervice , no fuch joy on earth ! Now no difcourfe , except it be of love ; Now can I break my faft , dine , fup , and fleep ...
... beauty of the fun , And by and by a cloud takes all away ! His There is no woe to his correction , Nor , to his fervice , no fuch joy on earth ! Now no difcourfe , except it be of love ; Now can I break my faft , dine , fup , and fleep ...
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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.