Alas! ambition makes my little less; Young's Night Thoughts, n. 4. Thy bosom burns for pow'r; What station charms thee? I'll install thee there; Not kings alone, Each villager has his ambition too; Fame is the shade of immortality, Ibid, n. 7. And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, So strong the zeal t'immortalize himself Ibid. Cowper's Task, b. 1. Dream after dream ensues, And still they dream that they shall still succeed, The seals of office glitter in his eyes; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, And with a dext' rous jerk soon twists him down, ANGELS. Ibid, b. 4. Thus they in Heaven, above the starry sphere, Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 3. Whose easier business were to serve their Lord High up in Heav'n, with songs to hymn his throne, And practis'd distances to cringe, not fight. Ibid, b. 4. Ibid, b. 6. Angels, contented with their fame in Heaven, Seek not the praise of men. ANGER. The elephant is never won with anger; Nor must that man, who would reclaim a lion, Hast thou compacted for a lease of years, With Hell, that thus thou ventur'st to provoke me. Dryden's Duke of Guise. 'Tis all in vain, this rage that tears thy bosom; Like a poor bird that flutters in its cage, Thou beat'st thyself to death. Rowe's Jane Shore, a. 4. s. 1. Those hearts that start at once into a blaze, Curse on the man that calls Rameses friend, Young's Busiris, a. 1. When anger rushes, unrestrain'd to action, The man of thought strikes deepest, and strikes safely. My indignation like th' imprisoned fire, Pent in the troubled breast of glowing Etna, Burnt deep and silent. Thomson's Coriolanus. Out upon thee, fool! Go speak thy comforts They make me mad. Baillie's Ethwald, a. 4, s. 7. Patience! Hence-that word was made For brutes of burthen, not for birds of prey; I am not of thine order. Byron's Manfred, a. 2, s. 1. Loud complaint, however angrily It shakes its phrase, is little to be feared, Byron's Doge of Venice, a. 1, s. 2. Thus while he spake, each passion dimm'd his face, Thrice chang'd with pale ire, envy, and despair; Which marr'd his borrow'd visage, and betray'd Him counterfeit. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 4. ANGER-ANIMALS-APPEARANCES. Senseless, and deformed, Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale 17 Thomson's Seasons-Spring. For pale and trembling anger rushes in, With fault'ring speech, and eyes that wildly stare; ANIMALS. Let cavillers deny That brutes have reason; sure 'tis something more, 'Tis Heaven directs, and stratagems inspire, Beyond the short extent of human thought. Somervile's Chase, b. 2. The heart is hard in nature, and unfit Nor feels their happiness augment his own. Cowper's Task, b. 6 APPEARANCES. He has I know not what, Of greatness in his looks, and of high fate That almost awes me. Dryden's Marriage a la Mode. Dryden's Don Sebastian. Why should the sacred character of virtue Dennis's Iphigenia. Thy plain and open nature sees mankind Frowde's Philotas. Appearances deceive, And this one maxim is a standing rule, Men are not what they seem. Havard's Scanderbeg. APPLAUSE. City, country, all, Is in a gay triumphant tempest toss'd, I scarce could press along. The trumpet's voice Your name to Heaven. Thomson's Agamemnon. Then give a general shout, and send scared echo, Sir A. Hunt's Julian. At which the universal host up sent A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 1 The hollow abyss Heard far and wide, and all the host of Hell With deaf'ning shout return'd them loud acclaim. Ibid, b. 2. No sooner had th' Almighty ceas'd, but all Th' eternal regions. Ibid. b. 3. He said, and as the sound of waters deep Hoarse Murmur echo'd to his words applause Through the infinite host. Ibid, b. 5. |