Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1784 |
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... Fierce , goodly , valiant , beautiful , and young : He rent the crown from vanquifh'd Henry's head , 15 Rais'd the White Rofe , and trampled on the Red : Till Love triumphing o'er the victor's pride , Brought Mars and Warwick to the ...
... Fierce , goodly , valiant , beautiful , and young : He rent the crown from vanquifh'd Henry's head , 15 Rais'd the White Rofe , and trampled on the Red : Till Love triumphing o'er the victor's pride , Brought Mars and Warwick to the ...
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... fierce fword has mothers childless made , So fhall the fword make thine ; and with that word 15 He hew'd the man in pieces with his sword : Juft Charles like measure has return'd to thefe Whose Pagan hands had ftain'd the troubled feas ...
... fierce fword has mothers childless made , So fhall the fword make thine ; and with that word 15 He hew'd the man in pieces with his sword : Juft Charles like measure has return'd to thefe Whose Pagan hands had ftain'd the troubled feas ...
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... fierce defign . What tho ' he frown , and to tumult do incline ? Thou the flame Kindled in his breast canft tame With that fnow which unmelted lies on thine . Great Goddess ! give this thy facred island reft ; Make heav'n fmile , That ...
... fierce defign . What tho ' he frown , and to tumult do incline ? Thou the flame Kindled in his breast canft tame With that fnow which unmelted lies on thine . Great Goddess ! give this thy facred island reft ; Make heav'n fmile , That ...
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... fierce unkindness , but the rock , That cloven rock produc'd thee , by whose side Nature , to recompense the fatal pride Of fuch ftern beauty , plac'd thofe healing springs + Which not more help than that destruction brings . Thy heart ...
... fierce unkindness , but the rock , That cloven rock produc'd thee , by whose side Nature , to recompense the fatal pride Of fuch ftern beauty , plac'd thofe healing springs + Which not more help than that destruction brings . Thy heart ...
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... fierce battle borne , With gored hand , and veil fo rudely torn , Like terrour did among th ' immortals breed , Taught by her wound that goddeffes may bleed . All fland amazed ! but beyond the reft Th ' heroick dame + whofe happy womb ...
... fierce battle borne , With gored hand , and veil fo rudely torn , Like terrour did among th ' immortals breed , Taught by her wound that goddeffes may bleed . All fland amazed ! but beyond the reft Th ' heroick dame + whofe happy womb ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt beauty beſt blood boaſt bold brave breaſt bright cauſe cife court defign defire Earl EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fays feems feen fenfe fhall fhining fhips fide fight fince fing firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſes iſland itſelf Jove King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy meaſure mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt noble numbers nymph o'er occafion paffion peace perfon Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent Prince Queen rage raiſe reaſon reft rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe verfe verſes vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 99 - A narrow compafs! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the reft the fun goes round. XXX. THE FALL.
Seite 35 - virtues which in parents fhine 15 Make not like progrefs thro' the line. *Tis not from whom, but where we live: The place does oft' thofe graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd had led.
Seite xliii - old coins, one muft go to an antiquary to underftand their true meaning and value. Such advances may a great genius make when it undertakes any thing in earneft. Some painters will hit the chief lines and mafterftrokes of a face fo truly, that thro' all the differences of age the
Seite xliii - out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the Englifh poet, and overflows whatever
Seite 41 - And, without planting, drink of ev'ry vine. To dig for wealth we weary not our limbs; Gold, tho' the heavieft metal, hither fwims. Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow ; We plough the deep, and reap what others
Seite 45 - Brutus thought to break their yoke, But cut the bond of union with that ftroke. That fun once fet, a thoufand meaner ftars Gave a dim light to violence and wars; To fuch a tempeft as now threatens all,
Seite 133 - there as much as ever diftempered with the fame fatal affection for play, which engaged him in one adventure that well deferves to be related. As he returned to his lodgings from a gaming-table he was attacked in the dark by three ruffians, who were employed to
Seite xxxiii - and in jeft, and therefore very grateful to all kind " of company, where he was not the lefs efteemed *' for being very rich. He had been even nurfed in *' parliaments, where he fat when he was very young,
Seite 85 - Ah, cruel Nymph! from whom her humble fwain Flies for relief unto the raging main, And from the winds and tempefts does expect A milder fate than from her cold neglect! Yet there he '11 pray that the unkind may prove