Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1801 |
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الصفحة xi
... prince . Soon after the accession of James II . our Author turned Roman Catholic , and by this extraordinary step drew upon himself abundance of ridicule from wits of the opposite faction ; and in 1689 he wrote a Defence of the Papers ...
... prince . Soon after the accession of James II . our Author turned Roman Catholic , and by this extraordinary step drew upon himself abundance of ridicule from wits of the opposite faction ; and in 1689 he wrote a Defence of the Papers ...
الصفحة 32
... Prince of Peace would , like himself , confer A gift unhop'd without the price of war : Yet , as he knew his blessings ' worth , took care That he would know it by repeated pray'r , Which storm'd the skies , and ravish'd Charles from As ...
... Prince of Peace would , like himself , confer A gift unhop'd without the price of war : Yet , as he knew his blessings ' worth , took care That he would know it by repeated pray'r , Which storm'd the skies , and ravish'd Charles from As ...
الصفحة 36
... Prince to entertain With the submitted fasces of the main . AND welcome now , great Monarch ! to your own ; Behold th ' approaching cliffs of Albion : It is no longer motion cheats your view ; As you meet it the land approacheth you ...
... Prince to entertain With the submitted fasces of the main . AND welcome now , great Monarch ! to your own ; Behold th ' approaching cliffs of Albion : It is no longer motion cheats your view ; As you meet it the land approacheth you ...
الصفحة 38
... Prince ! whom Heav'n hath taught the way , By paying vows , to have more vows to pay ! Oh happy age ! oh times like those alone , By fate reserv'd for great Augustus ' throne ! When the joint growth of arms and arts foreshew The world a ...
... Prince ! whom Heav'n hath taught the way , By paying vows , to have more vows to pay ! Oh happy age ! oh times like those alone , By fate reserv'd for great Augustus ' throne ! When the joint growth of arms and arts foreshew The world a ...
الصفحة 39
... once from above and from below , to be struck down and to triumph ; I know not whether ever such trials have been ever pa- rallelled in any nation ; the resolution and successes of them never can be . Never had Prince or people.
... once from above and from below , to be struck down and to triumph ; I know not whether ever such trials have been ever pa- rallelled in any nation ; the resolution and successes of them never can be . Never had Prince or people.
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Absalom Achithophel arms arts Behold Belgian bless'd blessing blood bold brave breast Charles Charles Dryden CHRO church conscience crimes crowd crown David's design'd Dryden e'en Elkanah Settle ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes faction faith fame fate father fear fight fire flames fleet foes forc'd friends gold grace hand happy hast hate Heav'n Hebron Hind honour int'rest Isr'el Jebusites Jews JOHN DRYDEN kind king land laws look'd Lord mighty monarch Muse ne'er never numbers o'er once Panther peace Phaleg plain plot poem poet pow'r praise pray'r pretend prey pride prince PRINCESS OF WALES promis'd rage rais'd rebel reign reply'd rest rise royal ruin sacred satire satire of Juvenal Scripture sects seem'd sense shew shore sight soul sov'reign stand suff'rings sway thee thou thought thro throne Timotheus true truth try'd Twas VIRG virtue wind wise youth
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الصفحة 205 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying ; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
الصفحة 89 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could fright my faith than Three in One...
الصفحة 202 - Timotheus, placed on high Amid the tuneful quire, With flying fingers touched the lyre: The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove Who left his blissful seats above, Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form...
الصفحة 27 - For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
الصفحة 207 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies, She drew an angel down.
الصفحة 27 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
الصفحة 185 - Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself the sacred unction made, As king by office, and as priest by trade: In his sinister hand, instead of ball, He placed a mighty mug of potent ale; Love's kingdom...
الصفحة 41 - tis to rule, for that's a monarch's end. They call my tenderness of blood my fear ; Though manly tempers can the longest bear. Yet, since they will divert my native course, 'Tis time to show I am not good by force.
الصفحة 203 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
الصفحة 36 - Behold th' approaching cliffs of Albion : It is no longer motion cheats your view, As you meet it, the land approacheth you. The land returns, and, in the white it wears, The marks of penitence and sorrow bears.