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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... your birth , my Lord ; the natural endowments of your mind , which , without fufpicion of flattery , I may tell you , are * Afterwards created Duke of Dorfet . a 2 very H man . very great ; the good education with which Canto.
... your birth , my Lord ; the natural endowments of your mind , which , without fufpicion of flattery , I may tell you , are * Afterwards created Duke of Dorfet . a 2 very H man . very great ; the good education with which Canto.
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... natural and easy " verfe , or than his Lordship's own bon mots ; of which " I cannot help repeating one of fingular humour . Lord " Craven was a proverb for officious whifpers to men in power . On Lord Dorfet's promotion , King Charles ...
... natural and easy " verfe , or than his Lordship's own bon mots ; of which " I cannot help repeating one of fingular humour . Lord " Craven was a proverb for officious whifpers to men in power . On Lord Dorfet's promotion , King Charles ...
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... natural faculties and strength of his mind , that he had occafion to borrow very little from education ; and he owed thofe advan- tages to his own good parts , which others ac- quire by ftudy and imitation . His wit was abun- dant ...
... natural faculties and strength of his mind , that he had occafion to borrow very little from education ; and he owed thofe advan- tages to his own good parts , which others ac- quire by ftudy and imitation . His wit was abun- dant ...
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... natural , and is inimitable . His love - verfes have a mix- ture of delicacy and ftrength : they convey the wit of Petronius in the foftnefs of Tibullus . His fatyr indeed is fo feverely pointed , that in it he appears , what his great ...
... natural , and is inimitable . His love - verfes have a mix- ture of delicacy and ftrength : they convey the wit of Petronius in the foftnefs of Tibullus . His fatyr indeed is fo feverely pointed , that in it he appears , what his great ...
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... nature is faid , by a great * au- thor , to belong more particularly to the English , than any other nation ; it may again be faid , that it belonged more particularly to the late Earl of Dorfet , than to any other English man . A kind ...
... nature is faid , by a great * au- thor , to belong more particularly to the English , than any other nation ; it may again be faid , that it belonged more particularly to the late Earl of Dorfet , than to any other English man . A kind ...
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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.