History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... king , Sipping dew - you sip and sing § . Where you easily perceive the nothingness of every second verse . The noise returning with returning light , What did it ? Dispers'd the silence , and dispell'd the night ¶ . The glories of ...
... king , Sipping dew - you sip and sing § . Where you easily perceive the nothingness of every second verse . The noise returning with returning light , What did it ? Dispers'd the silence , and dispell'd the night ¶ . The glories of ...
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... king of forty kings , and honour'd more By mighty Jove , than e'er was king before ‡ . That I may know , if thou my pray'r deny , The most despised of all the gods am I || . Then let my mother once be rul'd by me , Though much more wise ...
... king of forty kings , and honour'd more By mighty Jove , than e'er was king before ‡ . That I may know , if thou my pray'r deny , The most despised of all the gods am I || . Then let my mother once be rul'd by me , Though much more wise ...
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... king by Theo- critus . If thus much be allowed , we easily account for two of the strangest reports in all antiquity . One is , that of the beasts following the musick of Or- pheus ; which has been interpreted of his taming savage ...
... king by Theo- critus . If thus much be allowed , we easily account for two of the strangest reports in all antiquity . One is , that of the beasts following the musick of Or- pheus ; which has been interpreted of his taming savage ...
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... king of Navarre . We observe , in the very beginning of the poem , that Ariel is possessed of the ear of Belinda ; therefore it is absolutely necessary , that this person must be the minister who was nearest the queen . But whoever ...
... king of Navarre . We observe , in the very beginning of the poem , that Ariel is possessed of the ear of Belinda ; therefore it is absolutely necessary , that this person must be the minister who was nearest the queen . But whoever ...
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... king of France , though I cannot but suspect that he glances at it . Here this author ( as well as the scandalous John Dunton ) represents the ministry , in plain terms , taking frequent cups , And frequent cups prolong the rich repast ...
... king of France , though I cannot but suspect that he glances at it . Here this author ( as well as the scandalous John Dunton ) represents the ministry , in plain terms , taking frequent cups , And frequent cups prolong the rich repast ...
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Página 419 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 419 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 115 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light, Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or...
Página 111 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Página 471 - Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Página 106 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Página 418 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 113 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Página 461 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Página 418 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...