A Collection of Poems: On Various Subjects, Including The Theatre, a Didactic Essay ... Ornamented with Cuts, and Illustrated with Notes, Original Letters and Curious Incidental AnecdotesR. Marchbank; sold by Exshaw [and others], 1792 - Počet stran: 343 |
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Strana x
... , the catastrophe of an inno- cent , oppreffed , and unfortunate Afiatic , may excite compaffion in the breasts of our virtuous pofterity with 26 as much effect as any of claffic extraction , and X PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT .
... , the catastrophe of an inno- cent , oppreffed , and unfortunate Afiatic , may excite compaffion in the breasts of our virtuous pofterity with 26 as much effect as any of claffic extraction , and X PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT .
Strana xxxii
... breast ; In mute fubmiffion lifts the adoring eye , Even to the storm that wrecks her . MASON'S CARACTACUS . ( 4 ) I do not enter the lifts with those who contend for or against the learning of Shakspeare ; and though no writer had ever ...
... breast ; In mute fubmiffion lifts the adoring eye , Even to the storm that wrecks her . MASON'S CARACTACUS . ( 4 ) I do not enter the lifts with those who contend for or against the learning of Shakspeare ; and though no writer had ever ...
Strana 11
... breast the ring , another spark entrenches On decency alike , and mounts the benches ; No doubt , by fuch rare proof of shining parts , To burn to cinders all the miffes hearts ; But to them all a nuisance perks the clown , — Is no good ...
... breast the ring , another spark entrenches On decency alike , and mounts the benches ; No doubt , by fuch rare proof of shining parts , To burn to cinders all the miffes hearts ; But to them all a nuisance perks the clown , — Is no good ...
Strana 56
... breast . Lead you the way , throw prejudice afide , Let candour judge , and cool discretion guide ; Show , by example , more than precept can , What forms the great , the virtuous happy man ; Fir'd with the view , and panting after fame ...
... breast . Lead you the way , throw prejudice afide , Let candour judge , and cool discretion guide ; Show , by example , more than precept can , What forms the great , the virtuous happy man ; Fir'd with the view , and panting after fame ...
Strana 99
... breast , What doubts foe'er perplex or cares moleft , The evening's gladfome eye my spirit cheers , And hope prompts rapture in a night of tears.- Why should I fear my feelings to exprefs , When you protect me , and award fuccefs ; If ...
... breast , What doubts foe'er perplex or cares moleft , The evening's gladfome eye my spirit cheers , And hope prompts rapture in a night of tears.- Why should I fear my feelings to exprefs , When you protect me , and award fuccefs ; If ...
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Strana xxx - Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Strana xxxi - But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Strana 311 - The inventor propofed, by the figures of the four fuits or colours, as the French call them, to reprefent the four ftates or clafles of men in the kingdom.
Strana xxxviii - J'en use d'autre sorte; et, me laissant guider, Souvent à marcher seul j'ose me hasarder. On me verra toujours pratiquer cet usage. Mon imitation n'est point un esclavage : Je ne prends que l'idée, et les tours, et les lois Que nos maîtres suivaient eux-mêmes autrefois. Si d'ailleurs quelque endroit plein chez eux d'excellence Peut entrer dans mes vers sans nulle violence, Je l'y transporte, et veux qu'il n'ait rien d'affecté, Tâchant de rendre mien cet air. d'antiquité.
Strana 283 - The tone of her voice was not harsh ; it had something in it humbled and disconsolate ; a mingled effort of authority and pleasure. Poor soul ! few were her visitors of that description — no wonder the creature barked...
Strana 238 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
Strana 334 - ... loth to offer to the other two hundred shillings. God that sitteth in heaven laugheth their choice to scorn, and rewardeth their liberality as it should ; for he suffereth them to have tame and well-ordered horse, but wild and unfortunate children ; and therefore in the end they find more pleasure in their horse than comfort in their children.
Strana 282 - Her habitation was a wretched thatched hovel, situated on the way to Islington in the purlieus of Clerkenwell Bridewell, not very distant from the New River Head, where at that time it was usual for the scavengers to leave the cleansings of the streets, &c.
Strana xxxiii - From which ingredients first the dext'rous boy Pick'd the demure, the awkward, and the coy. The Graces from the court did next provide Breeding, and wit, and air, and decent pride: These Venus cleans'd from ev'ry spurious grain Of nice coquet, affected, pert, and vain. Jove mix'd up all, and the best clay employ'd; Then call'd the happy composition FLOYD.
Strana 64 - I A god of rank and station was so good To take a lady from a hideous wood, Brought her to all the pleasures of his court, Of love, and men, and music the resort ; Bid mirth and transport wait on her command ; Gave her a ball, and offered her his hand ; And she, quite country, obstinate, and mulish, Extremely fine, perhaps, but vastly foolish, Would neither speak, nor laugh, nor dance, nor sing...