Poems on Several Occasions: To which are Added, the Tragedies of Julius Caesar, and Marcus Brutus. By John Sheffield, ...Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752 - 280 páginas |
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... fair ALMERIA's blood . When griev'd ORONTES , whofe unhappy flame Is known to all who e'er converse with fame , His mind poffefs'd by fury and despair , Within the facred temple made this prayer : Great Deity ! who in thy hands do'st ...
... fair ALMERIA's blood . When griev'd ORONTES , whofe unhappy flame Is known to all who e'er converse with fame , His mind poffefs'd by fury and despair , Within the facred temple made this prayer : Great Deity ! who in thy hands do'st ...
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... fair ALMERIA fhin'd above the rest . From her bright eyes to feel a hopeless flame , Was of our youth the most ambitious aim ; Her chains were marks of honour to the brave , She made a prince whene'er fhe made a slave . Love , under ...
... fair ALMERIA fhin'd above the rest . From her bright eyes to feel a hopeless flame , Was of our youth the most ambitious aim ; Her chains were marks of honour to the brave , She made a prince whene'er fhe made a slave . Love , under ...
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... fair , But I in vain flatter my wounded mind ; Never was nymph fo lovely , or fo kind : No cold repulfes my defires fupprefs'd ; I feldom figh'd , but on ALMERIA's breast : Of all the paffions which mankind destroy , I only felt excess ...
... fair , But I in vain flatter my wounded mind ; Never was nymph fo lovely , or fo kind : No cold repulfes my defires fupprefs'd ; I feldom figh'd , but on ALMERIA's breast : Of all the paffions which mankind destroy , I only felt excess ...
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... Fair afflicted foon perceives my tears , Explains my fighs , and thence concludes my fears : With fad prefages of her hopelefs cafe , She reads her fate in my dejected face ; Then feels my torment , and neglects her own , While I am ...
... Fair afflicted foon perceives my tears , Explains my fighs , and thence concludes my fears : With fad prefages of her hopelefs cafe , She reads her fate in my dejected face ; Then feels my torment , and neglects her own , While I am ...
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... fair trembling hand , And with thefe words I fcarce could understand , Her paffion in a dying voice exprefs'd Half , and her sighs , alas ! made out the rest . ' Tis paft ; this pang - Nature gives o'er the strife ; Thou must thy ...
... fair trembling hand , And with thefe words I fcarce could understand , Her paffion in a dying voice exprefs'd Half , and her sighs , alas ! made out the rest . ' Tis paft ; this pang - Nature gives o'er the strife ; Thou must thy ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt ANTONY Athens beaſt becauſe befides beſt BRUTUS CAESAR CASCA CASSIUS caufe cauſe charms CITIZEN DECIUS BRUTUS deferve defire DOLABELLA ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fame fate fatires fault fear feem fenfe fhall fhew fhine fighs fight fince firſt flaves fome foon foul fpirits friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure Gods greateſt grief heart Heav'n himſelf honour infpires itſelf joys juft JUNIA juſt kindneſs laſt leaſt lefs loft lov'd LUCILIUS mankind maſter mind moſt mufe muft muſt myſelf ne'er noble o'er paffion paſt pleaſe pleaſure POMPEY PORTIA pow'r praiſe publick raiſe reaſon reſt Roman Rome ſay SCENE ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtrong ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand TITINIUS TREBONIUS us'd uſe VARIUS virtue Whofe whoſe wife wiſh worſe wretched yourſelf
Pasajes populares
Página 197 - O what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and I perceive you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded?
Página 195 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Página 196 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For if you should, O, what would come of it!
Página 144 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Página 86 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Página 62 - I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I, perhaps, may yield to your defire.
Página 197 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Página 62 - For now my Pen has tir'd my tender Hand : My Woman knows the Secret of my Heart, And may hereafter better News impart.
Página 85 - A work of such inestimable worth, There are but two the world has yet brought forth ! HOMER and VIRGIL ! with what...
Página 205 - But here our author, befides other faults Of ill expreffions, and of vulgar thoughts, Commits one crime that needs an act of grace, And breaks the law of unity of place...