The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 5
... passes unobserved in the tumult of successive multitudes , becomes conspicuous when it is offered to the notice day after day ; and , perhaps , I have , without any distinct notice , seen thousands like my late companions ; for when the ...
... passes unobserved in the tumult of successive multitudes , becomes conspicuous when it is offered to the notice day after day ; and , perhaps , I have , without any distinct notice , seen thousands like my late companions ; for when the ...
Page 7
... passes his life between rapture and horrour , in quiverings of delight , or con- vulsions of disgust . His emotions are too violent for many words ; his thoughts are always discovered by exclamations . Vile , odious , horrid ...
... passes his life between rapture and horrour , in quiverings of delight , or con- vulsions of disgust . His emotions are too violent for many words ; his thoughts are always discovered by exclamations . Vile , odious , horrid ...
Page 8
... pass her sentence upon the things compared , drives us to- wards the object proportioned to our faculties , by an impulse gentle , yet irresistible ; for the harmonick system of the Universe , and the reciprocal magnet- ism of similar ...
... pass her sentence upon the things compared , drives us to- wards the object proportioned to our faculties , by an impulse gentle , yet irresistible ; for the harmonick system of the Universe , and the reciprocal magnet- ism of similar ...
Page 12
... pass the summer among shades and brooks , are now preparing to return to plays , balls and assemblies , with health restored by retirement , and spirits kindled by expectation . Many a mind , which has languished some months without ...
... pass the summer among shades and brooks , are now preparing to return to plays , balls and assemblies , with health restored by retirement , and spirits kindled by expectation . Many a mind , which has languished some months without ...
Page 14
... passing into another world , and images London as an elysian region , where every hour has its proper pleasure , where nothing is seen but the blaze of wealth , and nothing heard but merriment and flat- tery ; where the morning always ...
... passing into another world , and images London as an elysian region , where every hour has its proper pleasure , where nothing is seen but the blaze of wealth , and nothing heard but merriment and flat- tery ; where the morning always ...
Contents
32 | |
35 | |
39 | |
43 | |
46 | |
54 | |
57 | |
60 | |
63 | |
66 | |
70 | |
73 | |
79 | |
83 | |
139 | |
143 | |
237 | |
238 | |
239 | |
240 | |
246 | |
252 | |
258 | |
264 | |
270 | |
272 | |
278 | |
284 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ABDALLA adesse ASPASIA bassa beauty Behold boast bosom breast CALI CARAZA charms crimes crowds death delight DEMETRIUS doom dread ev'ry eyes fair fame fatal fate fear foes folly gen'ral gen'rous Greece Greek guilt Hæc happy HASAN hear heart heav'n honour hope hour Idler IRENE Irene's Johnson joys justice kings labour LEONTIUS live MAHOMET maid mankind ment mihi millia mind MURZA musick MUSTAPHA nature never night nunc o'er once palace passion pater peace pleasure pow'r praise pride publick quæ quam Quid quod rage rapture reason SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL SATURDAY SCENE scorn semper shades shine sibi sighs Sir Joshua Reynolds slaves smile soul square miles Stella STRETHAM sultan sword tell terrours thee thine Thomas Warton thou thought tibi tion toil tongue truth Turkish tyrant virtue vitæ voice wealth wish woes