Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volumen10John Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821 - 807 páginas |
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... perhaps on here and there a waif , Desirous to return , and not receiv'd : But was a wholesome rigour in the main , And taught th ' unblemish'd to preserve with care That purity , whose loss was loss of all . Men too were nice in honour ...
... perhaps on here and there a waif , Desirous to return , and not receiv'd : But was a wholesome rigour in the main , And taught th ' unblemish'd to preserve with care That purity , whose loss was loss of all . Men too were nice in honour ...
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... perhaps his pen , Delightful industry enjoy'd at home , And Nature in her cultivated trim Dress'd to his taste , inviting him abroad - Can he want occupation , who has these ? Will he be idle , who has much t ' enjoy ? Me therefore ...
... perhaps his pen , Delightful industry enjoy'd at home , And Nature in her cultivated trim Dress'd to his taste , inviting him abroad - Can he want occupation , who has these ? Will he be idle , who has much t ' enjoy ? Me therefore ...
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... Perhaps may crown us ; but to fly is safe . Had I the choice of sublunary good , What could I wish , that I possess not here ? [ peace , Health , leisure , means t ' improve it , friendship , No loose or wanton , though a wand'ring ...
... Perhaps may crown us ; but to fly is safe . Had I the choice of sublunary good , What could I wish , that I possess not here ? [ peace , Health , leisure , means t ' improve it , friendship , No loose or wanton , though a wand'ring ...
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... perhaps the glorious hour is come , When , having no stake left , no pledge t ' endear Her int'rests , or that gives her sacred cause A moment's operation on his love , He burns with most intense and flagrant zeal , To serve his country ...
... perhaps the glorious hour is come , When , having no stake left , no pledge t ' endear Her int'rests , or that gives her sacred cause A moment's operation on his love , He burns with most intense and flagrant zeal , To serve his country ...
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... Perhaps to thousands , and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy , Houses in ashes , and the fall of stocks , Births , deaths , and marriages , epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as ...
... Perhaps to thousands , and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy , Houses in ashes , and the fall of stocks , Births , deaths , and marriages , epistles wet With tears , that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeen ancient Rome bard beauty beneath betimes blest boast bosom breath cause charms dark delight design'd divine dread dream dust Earth Edmonton eternal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame Fancy fear feed feel fire flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit Gilpin give glory Gothic grace groves hand happy hast heart Heav'n honour hope hour human John Gilpin king labour learn'd less liberty lust lyre mankind mind Muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure plebeian poet pow'r praise proud rage rais'd rapture rills rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine skies smile song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd storm stream strife sublime sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth vale verse virtue voice whate'er wild wind Winter wisdom wonder worth youth
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Página 201 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 204 - Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed.
Página 86 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Página 202 - I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend, the Calender, Will lend his horse to go.
Página 83 - From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But...
Página 102 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 203 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Página 33 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, . And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...
Página 29 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy.
Página 209 - The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ! Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein : But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.