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... Earl of Dorset and Middlesex . Preface · · On Exod . iii . 14- " I am that I am . " - An Ode , writ- ten in 1688 , as an Exercise at St. John's College , Cambridge · · · To the Countess of Exeter , playing on the Lute . Picture of ...
... Earl of Dorset and Middlesex . Preface · · On Exod . iii . 14- " I am that I am . " - An Ode , writ- ten in 1688 , as an Exercise at St. John's College , Cambridge · · · To the Countess of Exeter , playing on the Lute . Picture of ...
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... , Lib . I. Epist . IX . imitated To Mr. Harley , wounded by Guiscard " " · 257 259 . 261 An Extempore Invitation to the Earl of Oxford , Lord High Treasurer , 1712 . 263 i LIFE OF MATTHEW PRIOR . BY THE REV . JOHN xii CONTENTS .
... , Lib . I. Epist . IX . imitated To Mr. Harley , wounded by Guiscard " " · 257 259 . 261 An Extempore Invitation to the Earl of Oxford , Lord High Treasurer , 1712 . 263 i LIFE OF MATTHEW PRIOR . BY THE REV . JOHN xii CONTENTS .
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... Earl of Dorset among others.1 It happened that the company differed with regard to the meaning of a passage in one of Horace's odes , when one of the gentlemen said— ' I find that we are not likely to agree in our criti- cisms , but if ...
... Earl of Dorset among others.1 It happened that the company differed with regard to the meaning of a passage in one of Horace's odes , when one of the gentlemen said— ' I find that we are not likely to agree in our criti- cisms , but if ...
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... Earl of Exeter , in acknowledgment of a benefaction received from his ancestors : and Johnson thinks that it was well received , and that from Prior's mention of a picture , and of the countess's musick , he was pro- bably known to the ...
... Earl of Exeter , in acknowledgment of a benefaction received from his ancestors : and Johnson thinks that it was well received , and that from Prior's mention of a picture , and of the countess's musick , he was pro- bably known to the ...
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... Earl of Dorset , in 1690 , appointed secretary to the embassy that joined the Congress at the Hague : his conduct gave such satisfaction to his employers , that he was subsequently made gentleman of the bed - chamber to the king : and ...
... Earl of Dorset , in 1690 , appointed secretary to the embassy that joined the Congress at the Hague : his conduct gave such satisfaction to his employers , that he was subsequently made gentleman of the bed - chamber to the king : and ...
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AMARYLLIS arms banyshed battle of Landen beauteous beauty Belgia bless blest Boileau bosom breast breath Britain charms Cloe Cloe's command confest crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight Dorset dread Duke e'er Earl Earl of Dorset earth Elizabeth Rowe Emma Emma's eyes fair fame fate favour fear flame flies Gallic George Rooke glorious glory goddess grace grene wode go grief happy hast heart Heaven Henry hero honour Jove king light Lord Lord Bolingbroke maid mankynde I love Marlborough master sword MATTHEW PRIOR Muse mynde Namur ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pain peace poem poet praise prince Prior queen rage reign rove Sambre sav'd sighs sing smiles soft song sorrow tell thee thou thought toils Torcy trembling triumph Venus verse vex'd virtue vows weep William winds wound wretched write wyll youth
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Página 105 - tis his fancy to run. At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come; No matter what beauties I saw in my way, They were but my visits, but thou art my home.
Página 100 - Ah me ! the blooming pride of May And that of Beauty are but one : At morn both flourish, bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale and gone.
Página 170 - Dear Thomas, did'st thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop? There, Thomas, did'st thou never see ('Tis but by way of Simile !) A squirrel spend his little rage, In jumping round a rolling cage ? The cage, as either side...
Página 176 - I am the knyght ; I come by nyght, As secret as I can ; Sayinge, Alas ! thus standeth the case, I am a banyshed man.
Página 42 - In vain you tell your parting lover, You wish fair winds may waft him over. Alas! what winds can happy prove, That bear me far from what I love? Alas ! what dangers on the main Can equal those that I sustain, From slighted vows, and cold disdain?
Página 200 - Did I but purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea ; While gentle zephyrs play in prosperous gales, And fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; 3»» But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempests roar...
Página 99 - explain This change of humour : pry'thee tell : That falling tear — what does it mean ?" She sigh'd : she smiled : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : " See ! friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. " Ah me, the blooming pride of May, And that of Beauty are but one ; At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone.
Página 129 - Whate'er thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword and gun, In thee is faithfully recited ; And all the living world that view Thy work, give thee the praises due, At once instructed and delighted. ' " Yet for the fame of all these deeds, What beggar in the Invalides, With lameness broke, with blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either Mezeray, Or any monarch he has written?
Página 239 - ... rolling threescore years and one Did round this globe their courses run, If human things went ill or well, If changing empires rose or fell, The morning past, the evening came, And found this couple still the same. They...
Página 46 - Our anxious pains we, all the day, In search of what we like, employ : Scorning at night the worthless prey, We find the labour gave the joy.