The works of mr. James Thomson, to which is prefixed the life of the author by P. Murdoch, Volume 31802 |
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... deeds : The public good , the good of others , still Must bear fond nature down , in him who dares Aspire to worthy rule ; imperious honour Still o'er the most distinguish'd lords it most . Was it for me ? -Let even your passions judge ...
... deeds : The public good , the good of others , still Must bear fond nature down , in him who dares Aspire to worthy rule ; imperious honour Still o'er the most distinguish'd lords it most . Was it for me ? -Let even your passions judge ...
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... deeds That give the gods themselves their brightest beams : Yes , know that these are , in true glory equal , If not superior , to deluding conquest : Nor less demand they conduct , courage , care , And persevering toil . VOL . III . D ...
... deeds That give the gods themselves their brightest beams : Yes , know that these are , in true glory equal , If not superior , to deluding conquest : Nor less demand they conduct , courage , care , And persevering toil . VOL . III . D ...
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... deeds that glare not on the vulgar eye ; And yet it equal courage oft demands , To quell injustice , riot , factious rage , Dark - working blind cabal and bold disorder , As to confront the rigid face of war . Then tell me , Arcas , for ...
... deeds that glare not on the vulgar eye ; And yet it equal courage oft demands , To quell injustice , riot , factious rage , Dark - working blind cabal and bold disorder , As to confront the rigid face of war . Then tell me , Arcas , for ...
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... deed Is worth ten thousand words - Come then , my friends , Come and behold me seize amidst his guards , His coward guards - Guilt ever was a coward- This rival - king , and with him crown my triumph . Till then Troy smokes in vain ...
... deed Is worth ten thousand words - Come then , my friends , Come and behold me seize amidst his guards , His coward guards - Guilt ever was a coward- This rival - king , and with him crown my triumph . Till then Troy smokes in vain ...
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... deeds be warm at first conceiv'd , Let the best purpose cool , nor miss your blow . More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes , When it obeys the watchful eye of caution . You hear from Arcas , Sir , what ruffian bands , What ...
... deeds be warm at first conceiv'd , Let the best purpose cool , nor miss your blow . More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes , When it obeys the watchful eye of caution . You hear from Arcas , Sir , what ruffian bands , What ...
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Page 128 - To thee belongs the rural reign; Thy cities shall with commerce shine; All thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles, thine.
Page 42 - Cast on the wildest of the Cyclad Isles, Where never human foot had mark'd the shore, These ruffians left me. — Yet believe me, Areas, Such is the rooted love we bear mankind, All ruffians as they were, I never heard A sound so dismal as their parting oars.
Page 128 - WHEN Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain • " Rule Britannia, rule the waves ; Britons never will be slaves.
Page 252 - Unseen, that rules th' illimitable world, — That guides its motions, from the brightest star To the least dust of this sin-tainted mould ; While man, who madly deems himself the Lord of all, Is nought but weakness and dependence.
Page 298 - As thou durst never ask ; a perfect union Of their whole nation with imperial Rome, In all her privileges, all her rights ; By the just gods, I will. — What would'st thou more ? Auf. What would I more, proud Roman ? This I would — Fire the cursed forest, where these Roman wolves Haunt and infest their nobler neighbours round them...
Page 217 - Tis past — Your wrongs, I own, may well transport The wisest mind — But henceforth, noble Osmond, Do me more justice, honour more my truth, Nor mark me with an eye of squint suspicion — These jars apart — You may repose your soul On my firm faith and unremitting friendship.
Page 234 - Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot.
Page 289 - Treat me thyself with more respect, my son ; Nor dare to shock my ears with such proposals. Shall I desert my country, I who come To plead her cause ? Ah no ! A grave in Rome Would better please me, than a throne at Antium. How hast thou thus forsaken all my...
Page 177 - Oh, my Rodolpho, come, And save me from this traitor ! Hence, I say. " Avoid my presence strait ! and know, old man, " Thou, my worst foe beneath the mask of friendship, " Who, not content to trample in the dust " My dearest rights, dost with cool insolence " Persist, and call it duty ; hadst thou not " A daughter that protects thee, thou shouldst feel " The vengeance thou deserves!.
Page 298 - Fire the cursed forest, where these Roman wolves Haunt and infest their nobler neighbours round them ; Extirpate from the bosom of this land A false, perfidious people, who, beneath The mask of freedom, are a combination Against the liberty of human kind ; The genuine seed of outlaws and of robbers.