The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Volume 1W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, T. Lowndes, T. Cadell, T. Caslon, J. Nichols, and T. Evans, 1779 |
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... keeping of an English nobleman . A freedom reigned at it , which made every one of his guests think himself at home and an abundance , which fhewed that the master's hofpitality extended to many more , than those who had the honour to ...
... keeping of an English nobleman . A freedom reigned at it , which made every one of his guests think himself at home and an abundance , which fhewed that the master's hofpitality extended to many more , than those who had the honour to ...
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... keeps fair Orinda young . That as in birth , in beauty you excel , The Mufe might dictate , and the Poet tell : Your art no other art can speak ; and you , To show how well you play , muft play anew : * Your mufick's pow'r your musick ...
... keeps fair Orinda young . That as in birth , in beauty you excel , The Mufe might dictate , and the Poet tell : Your art no other art can speak ; and you , To show how well you play , muft play anew : * Your mufick's pow'r your musick ...
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... Keeps kindness up ' twixt old acquaintance : For elfe , in honeft truth , the fea Has much less need of gold , than he . Of Or , not to rove , and pump one's fancy M. PRIOR . 13 An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd, Efq;
... Keeps kindness up ' twixt old acquaintance : For elfe , in honeft truth , the fea Has much less need of gold , than he . Of Or , not to rove , and pump one's fancy M. PRIOR . 13 An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd, Efq;
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... keep their steps from sliding ; When members knit , and legs grow stronger , Make ufe of fuch machine no longer ; But leap pro libitu , and scout On horse call'd hobby , or without : So when at school we first declaim , Old Busbey walks ...
... keep their steps from sliding ; When members knit , and legs grow stronger , Make ufe of fuch machine no longer ; But leap pro libitu , and scout On horse call'd hobby , or without : So when at school we first declaim , Old Busbey walks ...
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... keep your places till you die . For me , whom wandring Fortune threw From what I lov'd , the town and you ; Let me juft tell you how my time is Past in a country - life . — Imprimis , As foon as Phoebus ' rays infpect us , - First , Sir ...
... keep your places till you die . For me , whom wandring Fortune threw From what I lov'd , the town and you ; Let me juft tell you how my time is Past in a country - life . — Imprimis , As foon as Phoebus ' rays infpect us , - First , Sir ...
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Página 119 - Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; And clap your padlock — on her mind.
Página 217 - 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.
Página 30 - Gather all the fmiling hours ; Such as with friendly care have guarded Patriots and kings in rightful wars ; Such as with conqueft have rewarded Triumphant viftors' happy cares ; Such as ftory has recorded Sacred to Naflau's long renown, For countries fav'd, and battles won.
Página 111 - 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 25 - tis thus complain, Since you appear'd upon the plain; You are the cause of all my care: Your eyes ten thousand dangers dart: Ten thousand torments vex my heart: I love, and I despair.
Página 111 - ... 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 ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.
Página 111 - Chloe, and what I write, shows The difference there is betwixt nature and art: I court others in verse; but I love thee in prose: And they have my whimsies; but thou hast my heart.
Página 10 - Cheeks confest ; Thou hast, my Dear, undoubted Right To triumph o'er this destin'd Breast. My Reason bends to what thy Eyes ordain ; For I was born to Love, and Thou to Reign. II. But would You meanly thus rely On Power, You know I must Obey ? Exert a Legal Tyranny...
Página 376 - With honour take her back again ? From hence I logically gather, The woman cannot live with either. Now, I have two right...
Página 358 - Note here, Lucretius dares to teach (As all our youth may learn from Creech) That eyes were made but could not view, Nor hands embrace, nor feet pursue, But heedless Nature did produce The members first, and then the use : What each must act was yet unknown, Till all is mov'd by Chance alone.