The Works of the English Poets: AkensideH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Books , of which a few Copies had been printed for the ufe only of the Author and certain Friends : also a very ... Book , which in the Manufcript is called the Fourth , and which appears to have been compofed at the time when the ...
... Books , of which a few Copies had been printed for the ufe only of the Author and certain Friends : also a very ... Book , which in the Manufcript is called the Fourth , and which appears to have been compofed at the time when the ...
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Samuel Johnson. tended to comprize the whole in Four Books ; but which , as he had afterwards determined to distribute the Poem into more Books , might perhaps more pro- perly be called the Laft Book . And this is all that is executed of ...
Samuel Johnson. tended to comprize the whole in Four Books ; but which , as he had afterwards determined to distribute the Poem into more Books , might perhaps more pro- perly be called the Laft Book . And this is all that is executed of ...
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Samuel Johnson. THE PLEASURES F IMAGINATION . A POE E M. IN THREE BOOK S. ̓Ασεβῶς μέν ἔσιν ἀνθρώπε τὰς παρὰ τὸ θεῖ χάρας ἀτιμάζειν . EPICT . apud Arrian . II . 23 . Published in the Year MDCCXLIV . B 3 THE DESIGN . THE HERE are certain ...
Samuel Johnson. THE PLEASURES F IMAGINATION . A POE E M. IN THREE BOOK S. ̓Ασεβῶς μέν ἔσιν ἀνθρώπε τὰς παρὰ τὸ θεῖ χάρας ἀτιμάζειν . EPICT . apud Arrian . II . 23 . Published in the Year MDCCXLIV . B 3 THE DESIGN . THE HERE are certain ...
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... to it , the authority of Virgil , the faultlefs model of didactic poetry , will beft fupport him in this particular . For the fentiments themselves , he makes no apology . THE THE PLEASURES O F IMAGINATION . BOOK THE FIRST . THE DESIGN .
... to it , the authority of Virgil , the faultlefs model of didactic poetry , will beft fupport him in this particular . For the fentiments themselves , he makes no apology . THE THE PLEASURES O F IMAGINATION . BOOK THE FIRST . THE DESIGN .
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Samuel Johnson. THE PLEASURES O F IMAGINATION . BOOK THE FIRST . THE fubject propofed . Difficulty of treating it poeti- cally . The ideas of the divine mind , the origin of every quality pleafing to the imagination . The na- tural ...
Samuel Johnson. THE PLEASURES O F IMAGINATION . BOOK THE FIRST . THE fubject propofed . Difficulty of treating it poeti- cally . The ideas of the divine mind , the origin of every quality pleafing to the imagination . The na- tural ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt Amalthea ancient arms arts awful bards beauty behold bloom bofom breaſt breath Britiſh caufe cauſe charms Corycian dæmon delight divine dwell earth Edonian eternal facred fair faithful fame fancy fate fcene fcorn feat fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhame fhould filent fire firft firſt flame flaves fmiles focial folemn fome fong fons foon foul fpirit fprings freedom friendſhip ftill ftreams fublime fuch fway fweet genius glory grove hand haply hath heart heaven himſelf honour hour hymn Imaüs immortal itſelf laſt laws lefs lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe Naiads nature nature's nobler Nymphs o'er paffions Pentheus Pindar pleafing pleaſing pleaſure pomp praiſe purſue reafon ridiculous rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſky ſmiles ſpeak ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtrain Tethys thee thefe Theogony theſe things thofe thoſe thou throne toil tongue treaſures truth virtue voice whofe whoſe Wiſdom youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 29 - When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Seite 309 - Possess'd ; and satiate with the melting tone: Sovereign of birds. The furious god of war, His darts forgetting, and the winged wheels That bear him vengeful o'er the embattled plain, Relents, and soothes his own fierce heart to ease, Most welcome ease.
Seite 15 - Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves, Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold, And clear autumnal skies and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Seite 80 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground. When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air. And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.
Seite 80 - SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war. But WALLER longs...
Seite 116 - Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of heaven ; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time...
Seite 243 - Presents her tuneful sons to Time, So mark thou Milton's name ; And add, " Thus differs from the throng The spirit which inform'd thy awful song, Which bade thy potent voice protect thy country's fame.
Seite 74 - O'er these mixt treasures of his pregnant breast, With conscious pride. From them he oft resolves To frame he knows not what excelling things ; And win he knows not what sublime reward Of praise and wonder.
Seite 326 - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
Seite 326 - O stranger, thou art come Glowing with Churchill's trophies; yet in vain Dost thou applaud them if thy breast be cold To him, this other hero; who, in times Dark and untaught, began with charming verse To tame the rudeness of his native land.