Bell's Edition, Volúmenes77-78J. Bell, 1796 |
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... AUTHOR . But see , at length , the British Genius smile , And show'r her bounties o'er her favour'd isle : Behold , for POPE she twines the laurel crown , And centres ev'ry poet's pow'r in one ------ Each Muse for thee with kind ...
... AUTHOR . But see , at length , the British Genius smile , And show'r her bounties o'er her favour'd isle : Behold , for POPE she twines the laurel crown , And centres ev'ry poet's pow'r in one ------ Each Muse for thee with kind ...
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... move , And the warm maid confess'd a mutual love . Vimque parat : sed vi non est opus ; inque figura Capta Dei nympha est , et mutua vulnera sentit . 120 123 OF ENGLISH POETS . [ Done by the Author in VERTUMNUS AND POMONA . 19.
... move , And the warm maid confess'd a mutual love . Vimque parat : sed vi non est opus ; inque figura Capta Dei nympha est , et mutua vulnera sentit . 120 123 OF ENGLISH POETS . [ Done by the Author in VERTUMNUS AND POMONA . 19.
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John Bell. OF ENGLISH POETS . [ Done by the Author in his youth . ] I. CHAUCER . WOMEN ben full of ragerie , Yet swinken nat sans secresie . Thilke moral shall ye understond , From schoole - boy's tale of fayre Irelond ; Which to the ...
John Bell. OF ENGLISH POETS . [ Done by the Author in his youth . ] I. CHAUCER . WOMEN ben full of ragerie , Yet swinken nat sans secresie . Thilke moral shall ye understond , From schoole - boy's tale of fayre Irelond ; Which to the ...
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... Author's design , in which was painted the story of Cephalus and Procris , with the motto Veni . " COME , gentle Air ! th ' Æolian shepherd said , While Procris panted in the secret shade ; Come , gentle Air ! the fairer Delia cries , Cij ་
... Author's design , in which was painted the story of Cephalus and Procris , with the motto Veni . " COME , gentle Air ! th ' Æolian shepherd said , While Procris panted in the secret shade ; Come , gentle Air ! the fairer Delia cries , Cij ་
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... 'd ! Happier their Author , when by these belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixons , and Cooks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While 38 PROLOGUE TO THE SATIRES .
... 'd ! Happier their Author , when by these belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixons , and Cooks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While 38 PROLOGUE TO THE SATIRES .
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Página 142 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Página 40 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 45 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Página 235 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 40 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Página 64 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Página 34 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Página 44 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Página 36 - All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Tis sung, when Midas...