The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Pagina 7
... published , and Armstrong imme- diately sent a copy of it , with a modest and compli- mentary letter in Latin , to Sir Hans Sloane , who was then President of the College of Physicians . Whe- ther by this tribute of respect he obtained ...
... published , and Armstrong imme- diately sent a copy of it , with a modest and compli- mentary letter in Latin , to Sir Hans Sloane , who was then President of the College of Physicians . Whe- ther by this tribute of respect he obtained ...
Pagina 8
... published in March , 1726 , and as Armstrong's was composed to amuse ' the soli- tude of a winter passed in a wild romantic country , ' the composition of the latter must be referred to the close of the year 1725 , while , perhaps , he ...
... published in March , 1726 , and as Armstrong's was composed to amuse ' the soli- tude of a winter passed in a wild romantic country , ' the composition of the latter must be referred to the close of the year 1725 , while , perhaps , he ...
Pagina 10
... published by him in 1744 , and was generally read , and as gene- rally admired . It was praised by men whose praise was an honour ; and it at once gave him a place among the poets of his country , That it much in- creased the number of ...
... published by him in 1744 , and was generally read , and as gene- rally admired . It was praised by men whose praise was an honour ; and it at once gave him a place among the poets of his country , That it much in- creased the number of ...
Pagina 11
... publish ; and if it were true that the renown of an author depended upon the mobility , why did he condescend not only to write for those whom he affected to despise , but even to sink his style to their level against his own better ...
... publish ; and if it were true that the renown of an author depended upon the mobility , why did he condescend not only to write for those whom he affected to despise , but even to sink his style to their level against his own better ...
Pagina 12
... published in London , with the title of ' A Day ; an Epistle to John Wilkes , of Ayles- bury , Esq . ' In a prefatory notice it was pretended that the poem was printed by the nameless editor from an imperfect copy , without the ...
... published in London , with the title of ' A Day ; an Epistle to John Wilkes , of Ayles- bury , Esq . ' In a prefatory notice it was pretended that the poem was printed by the nameless editor from an imperfect copy , without the ...
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Aaron Hill adesse amor Armstrong beauty blood bosom breast breath charms cheerful chyle clime death delight dread dropsy e'en Eumenes Euripides Eurus eyes fame fate fear feel fire genius grace grows Hæc happy haud heart Heaven honour hope hour hypochondria indulge Johnson labour Litchfield live ludicra luxury lyre melt mihi millia mind mortal Muse nature Nature's ne'er never night numbers nunc nymphs o'er pain pale pater peace phlegm pleasing pleasure poem poet poison'd praise pride quæ quam Quid quod rage rapture reign rise SAMUEL JOHNSON Satire of Juvenal scarce scorn Scythian shade Shakspeare shine shun sibi skies slow smile soft song soon soul spring square miles Stella suspiria taste Templeman tender thou thunder tibi toil veins verse vigour Virtue vitæ waste whate'er wild Wilkes wine winter woes youth
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Pagina 166 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay: — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day!
Pagina 164 - See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust.
Pagina 170 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Pagina 160 - ... mist delude, Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good; How rarely Reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice; How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th...
Pagina 156 - Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
Pagina 164 - Are these thy views? Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat, Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless day...
Pagina 134 - One night when Beauclerk and Langton had supped at a tavern in London, and sat till about three in the morning, it came into their heads to go and knock up Johnson, and see if they could prevail on him to join them in a ramble. They rapped violently at the door of his chambers in the Temple, till at last he appeared in his shirt, with his little black wig on the top of his head, instead of a nightcap, and a poker in his hand, imagining, probably, that some ruffians were coming to attack him. When...
Pagina 49 - The tower that long had stood the crush of thunder and the warring winds, shook by the slow but sure destroyer time, now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; and flinty pyramids and walls of brass descend: — the Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia, Rome and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, and tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old and all those worlds that roll around the sun; the sun himself shall die ; and ancient night...
Pagina 165 - The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazette's pompous tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail. Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia...
Pagina 156 - Has heaven reserv'd, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscover'd shore; No secret island in the boundless main? No peaceful desert yet unclaim'd by SPAIN? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore, And bear oppression's insolence no more.