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... received into the house of his uncle , a butcher of respectability near Charing Cross , and by him placed under Dr. Busby at Westminster . There he remained suffi- ciently long to receive many of the advantages of a scholastic education ...
... received into the house of his uncle , a butcher of respectability near Charing Cross , and by him placed under Dr. Busby at Westminster . There he remained suffi- ciently long to receive many of the advantages of a scholastic education ...
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... 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 family . It was during his residence at college ...
... 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 family . It was during his residence at college ...
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... fact is , the orders received by the negotiators at Utrecht from the ministry in England respecting the con- ditions of the peace , and other articles dependent on it , do not appear to have been very LIFE OF PRIOR . xxiii.
... fact is , the orders received by the negotiators at Utrecht from the ministry in England respecting the con- ditions of the peace , and other articles dependent on it , do not appear to have been very LIFE OF PRIOR . xxiii.
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... receive , and when you return it hither , you shall have others in lieu . There are no papers printed here , nor any advertisement to be published ; for the whole matter is to be managed by friends , in such a manner as shall be least ...
... receive , and when you return it hither , you shall have others in lieu . There are no papers printed here , nor any advertisement to be published ; for the whole matter is to be managed by friends , in such a manner as shall be least ...
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... receive What my own short - liv'd verse can never give . Thus should fair Britain , with a gracious smile , Receive the work ; the venerable isle , For more than treaties made , should bless my toil . Nor longer hence the Gallic style ...
... receive What my own short - liv'd verse can never give . Thus should fair Britain , with a gracious smile , Receive the work ; the venerable isle , For more than treaties made , should bless my toil . Nor longer hence the Gallic style ...
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arms banyshed battle of Landen beauteous beauty Belgia bless blest Boileau Bolingbroke bosom breast breath Britain charms Cloe Cloe's command cried crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight Derry dread Duke e'er Earl of Dorset earth Emma Emma's eyes fair fame fate favour fear fight flame France Gallic Ganymede George Rooke glorious glory goddess grace grene wode go grief hand happy hast heart Heaven Henry hero honour Jove king lady live Lord Lord Bolingbroke 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 queen rage reign rove Sambre sav'd sighs sing smiles soft song sorrow tell thee things thou thought Torcy triumph Venus verse vex'd virtue vows weep William wound wretched write wyll youth
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Página 109 - 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 104 - 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 172 - 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 180 - 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 40 - 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 204 - 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 103 - 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 133 - 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 240 - ... 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 44 - 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.