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الصفحة 78
And learning ' s Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no
wealth below . ) Nor let the Frogs to win my fuccour fue , Those clam ' rous fools
have lost my favour too . For late , when all the conflict ceast at night , When my
stretch ...
And learning ' s Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no
wealth below . ) Nor let the Frogs to win my fuccour fue , Those clam ' rous fools
have lost my favour too . For late , when all the conflict ceast at night , When my
stretch ...
الصفحة 95
Shakes off the dust , and makes these rocks resound , For fortune plac ' d me in
unfertile ground ; Far from the joys that with my soul agree , From wit , from
learning , - far , oh far from thee ! Here moss - grown trees expand the smallest
leaf ...
Shakes off the dust , and makes these rocks resound , For fortune plac ' d me in
unfertile ground ; Far from the joys that with my soul agree , From wit , from
learning , - far , oh far from thee ! Here moss - grown trees expand the smallest
leaf ...
الصفحة 203
It may be necessary in books of controversy or abstruse learning , to write an
epitome before each part ; but it is not kind to forestal us in a work of fancy , and
make our attention remiss by a previous account of the end of it . The next thing ...
It may be necessary in books of controversy or abstruse learning , to write an
epitome before each part ; but it is not kind to forestal us in a work of fancy , and
make our attention remiss by a previous account of the end of it . The next thing ...
الصفحة 213
... which had then taken learning into its patronage , the proper place where it
ought to diffuse its beams , to the surprize of all whom he would persuade to
reckon themselves hitherto in the darky and under the prejudices of a false
admiration .
... which had then taken learning into its patronage , the proper place where it
ought to diffuse its beams , to the surprize of all whom he would persuade to
reckon themselves hitherto in the darky and under the prejudices of a false
admiration .
الصفحة 215
... by Ptolemy Philadelphus , a prince passionately fond of learning , and learned
men ; particularly an admirer of HoMER to adoration . He had built the finest
library in the world , and made the choicest , as well as most numerous collection
of ...
... by Ptolemy Philadelphus , a prince passionately fond of learning , and learned
men ; particularly an admirer of HoMER to adoration . He had built the finest
library in the world , and made the choicest , as well as most numerous collection
of ...
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الصفحة 134 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
الصفحة 140 - Thy prayer, thy praise, thy life to vice unknown, In sweet memorial rise before the throne: These charms success in our bright region...
الصفحة 96 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
الصفحة 124 - Arms, angels, epitaphs and bones, These (all the poor remains of state) Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give.
الصفحة 129 - Know God — and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
الصفحة 127 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
الصفحة 21 - Ye nightingales, ye twisting pines ! Ye swains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes, breezy winds! Ye close retreats of love ! With all of nature, all of art...
الصفحة 94 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
الصفحة 37 - At close of eve he leaves his home, And wends to find the ruin'd dome, All on the gloomy plain. As there he bides, it...
الصفحة 141 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver...