The Miscellaneous Works, in Prose and Verse, of George Hardinge ...J. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1818 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page x
... Pain Old Age .... . ibid . ibid . 190 . 191 .. 192 193 ibid . ibid . 194 Imitation of some Latin Verses , written by Sir Thomas More , upon the Portraits of Erasmus and of Egydius in the same Picture .... .... ibid . ELEGIAC POEMS ...
... Pain Old Age .... . ibid . ibid . 190 . 191 .. 192 193 ibid . ibid . 194 Imitation of some Latin Verses , written by Sir Thomas More , upon the Portraits of Erasmus and of Egydius in the same Picture .... .... ibid . ELEGIAC POEMS ...
Page xiii
... painful Cough , and a Fever at the Moment of a severe Affliction ... The Rose and the Oak .. The Vine and the Elm 349 350 .351 The Poet and the Rector ibid . The Hare condemned and executed .... 352 A Poetical Epistle from the ...
... painful Cough , and a Fever at the Moment of a severe Affliction ... The Rose and the Oak .. The Vine and the Elm 349 350 .351 The Poet and the Rector ibid . The Hare condemned and executed .... 352 A Poetical Epistle from the ...
Page 10
... pain Roaring , the tortur'd body it resum'd : Then headlong ( with his bones that clos'd him in ) Fell down into Avernus - in the chain Of bottomless perdition - unconsum'd . Burnt was the fatal tree , and smoak'd the air , Gave sign ...
... pain Roaring , the tortur'd body it resum'd : Then headlong ( with his bones that clos'd him in ) Fell down into Avernus - in the chain Of bottomless perdition - unconsum'd . Burnt was the fatal tree , and smoak'd the air , Gave sign ...
Page 18
... pains and miseries on the road that dwell ; Unlike the flowery paths where Fancy plays . Since those delightful hours , too quickly flown ! Distant and various though our course has been , Thy track in Senates , Halls , and Courts , has ...
... pains and miseries on the road that dwell ; Unlike the flowery paths where Fancy plays . Since those delightful hours , too quickly flown ! Distant and various though our course has been , Thy track in Senates , Halls , and Courts , has ...
Page 21
... pain , Mine the tear which cannot feign . " But , " you '11 say , " the Man can sleep , " And at home wuold scorn to weep ; " Or the tear that he would shed 66 By a nobler spring is fed ! " Idle hope ! -not these alone Are the fictions ...
... pain , Mine the tear which cannot feign . " But , " you '11 say , " the Man can sleep , " And at home wuold scorn to weep ; " Or the tear that he would shed 66 By a nobler spring is fed ! " Idle hope ! -not these alone Are the fictions ...
Contents
242 | |
248 | |
251 | |
257 | |
301 | |
317 | |
331 | |
338 | |
70 | |
76 | |
82 | |
86 | |
92 | |
96 | |
102 | |
103 | |
109 | |
115 | |
121 | |
130 | |
137 | |
143 | |
148 | |
156 | |
164 | |
170 | |
177 | |
183 | |
189 | |
195 | |
201 | |
207 | |
213 | |
219 | |
225 | |
230 | |
236 | |
347 | |
353 | |
359 | |
361 | |
367 | |
375 | |
381 | |
387 | |
388 | |
394 | |
400 | |
406 | |
412 | |
418 | |
424 | |
430 | |
436 | |
442 | |
447 | |
453 | |
460 | |
466 | |
472 | |
478 | |
484 | |
490 | |
494 | |
507 | |
520 | |
Common terms and phrases
arms Beauty Beauty's Bird bless bless'd blest bliss bosom bower breath bright caress'd chain charm cheek claim clos'd command consecrated Court crown'd curricle dear Death despair doom dream earth eloquence enchanting endearments envy'd fame Fancy fear feel filial flame fled flew Friend Friendship gale gave Genius gift glowing Gout grac'd grace grief hallow'd hand HAWKSTONE PARK heard heart Heaven honour hope hour impart inspir'd jealous King Lady Libertine lips living Lord lov'd Love Love's lustre lyre mind mirrour Muse mute Nature's never nuptial Nymph oppress'd pain passion Patterdale PETRARCH Philomela Poet poison'd pride proud rest RICHARD OWEN CAMBRIDGE rose Saint sans-culottes scene shade Shakespeare smil'd smile soul spirit Swansea Bay sweet tale taste tear Tereus thee theme thine thou thought throne tomb Tunbridge Turnham Green Twas Tyrant verse virtues VOLTAIRE Whigs wing word youth
Popular passages
Page 261 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 244 - It is long since that I heard you were gone in haste into Yorkshire on account of your mother's illness, and the same letter informed me that she was recovered, otherwise I had then wrote to you only to beg you would take care of her, and to inform you that I had discovered a thing very little known, which is, that in one's whole life one can never have any more than a single mother You may think this is obvious, and (what you call) a trite observation.
Page 244 - I had discovered a thing very little known, which is, that in one's whole life one can never have any more than a single mother. You may think this is obvious, and (what you call) a trite observation. You are a green gosling ! I was at the same age (very near) as wise as you, and yet I never discovered this (with full evidence and conviction I mean) till it was too late. It is thirteen years ago, and seems but as yesterday, and every day I live it sinks deeper into my heart...
Page 418 - ME SI VA NE LA CITTA DOLENTE, PER ME SI VA NE L'ETTERNO DOLORE, PER ME SI VA TRA LA PERDUTA GENTE.
Page 261 - Yet enter'd in the brick-built town,* he tried The tomb, and found the strait dimensions wide. Death only this mysterious truth unfolds, The mighty soul how small a body holds.
Page 305 - Convinc'd, o'erjoy'd, his studied thanks and praise, To her who made the miracle, he pays : Then lips to lips he join'd ; now freed from fear, He found the savour of the kiss sincere : At this the waken'd image op'd her eyes, And view'd at once the light and lover, with surprise.
Page 190 - Parted once — the fair and brave, Meet again — but in their grave : — » She, was Nature's brightest flower, Struck before its drooping hour : — He, was Britain's Naval pride ; Young- — but old in fame, he died. Love, but with a Patriot's tear, Mourns, and consecrates them here.
Page 186 - Inflexible and steady courage, A sacred fidelity in political trust, Purity and singleness of heart — A temper the mirror of that purity, A reflecting and well-disciplined. judgment In the most arduous conflicts ; A dignified simplicity of manners, And the most elevated sense of honour ; Every public virtue and spirit, Every gentle and graceful affection, Made him universally Admired, revered, and beloved ; The ornament of his Country and the age ; A model to Posterity.
Page 353 - To Mary's lips has ancient Rome Her purest language taught, And from the modern city .home Agnes its pencil brought. Rome's ancient Horace sweetly chants Such maids with lyric fire ; Albion's old Horace sings nor paints — He only can admire. Still would his press their fame record, So amiable the pair is ! But, ah ! how vain to think his word Can add a straw to Berrya ! The next morning, the Latian nymph sent me these lines : — Had Rome's famed Horace thus addrest His Lydia or his Lyce, He had...
Page 261 - Death, the great teacher, Death alone proclaims The true dimensions of our puny frames. The daring tales, in Grecian story found, Were once believed: — of Athos...