A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison. Hughes. Sheffield. Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Granville. YaldenJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1795 |
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... Say Say of Derry , R terwards , he was m pe , Bilhop of le married Mils A beginning , M } THE LIFE OF PARNELL . For the life of.
... Say Say of Derry , R terwards , he was m pe , Bilhop of le married Mils A beginning , M } THE LIFE OF PARNELL . For the life of.
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... says Fope , " really transcends the expectation I had conceived of it . I have put it into the prefs , beginning with the poem Batrachom . Inform me upon what terms I am to deal with the bookfeller , and whether you defign the copy ...
... says Fope , " really transcends the expectation I had conceived of it . I have put it into the prefs , beginning with the poem Batrachom . Inform me upon what terms I am to deal with the bookfeller , and whether you defign the copy ...
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... says Dr. Johnson , " is , not great extent of comprehenfion , or fertility of mind ; of the little that appears ... say I know not whence they came , nor have ever inquired whither they are going . They ftand upon the faith of the ...
... says Dr. Johnson , " is , not great extent of comprehenfion , or fertility of mind ; of the little that appears ... say I know not whence they came , nor have ever inquired whither they are going . They ftand upon the faith of the ...
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... say be true ) While Bacchus made the merry feast , Inclin'd to one or other beaft : And fince , ' tis faid , for many a mile He spread the vines of Lefbos ifle . THE HORSE AND THE OLIVE . WITH moral tale let ancient wisdom move , Whilft ...
... say be true ) While Bacchus made the merry feast , Inclin'd to one or other beaft : And fince , ' tis faid , for many a mile He spread the vines of Lefbos ifle . THE HORSE AND THE OLIVE . WITH moral tale let ancient wisdom move , Whilft ...
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... Say , rebel nation , and unwifely light , Say , will thy folly thus the Lord requite ? Or is he not the God who made thee free , Whose mercy purchas'd and establish'd thee ? Remember well the wondrous days of old , The years of ages ...
... Say , rebel nation , and unwifely light , Say , will thy folly thus the Lord requite ? Or is he not the God who made thee free , Whose mercy purchas'd and establish'd thee ? Remember well the wondrous days of old , The years of ages ...
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Page 5 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 295 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Page 310 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 472 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Page 211 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Page 237 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 130 - Then to her new love let her go, And deck her in golden array, Be finest at...
Page 414 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
Page 224 - Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng"d legions, and charge home upon him.
Page 6 - Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...