Poems on Several Occasions: To which are Added, the Tragedies of Julius Caesar, and Marcus Brutus. By John Sheffield, ...Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752 - 280 páginas |
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... state . DRYDEN , Verses to Lord . ROSCOMMON . How will sweet OVID's ghoft be pleas'd to hear His fame augmented by an English peer ? Now he embellishes his HELEN's loves , Outdoes his softness , and his fenfe improves ! DRYDEN , Preface ...
... state . DRYDEN , Verses to Lord . ROSCOMMON . How will sweet OVID's ghoft be pleas'd to hear His fame augmented by an English peer ? Now he embellishes his HELEN's loves , Outdoes his softness , and his fenfe improves ! DRYDEN , Preface ...
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... state forgot ) Before thy altars are not to be brought Without constraint ; the noife of dying rage , Heaps of the flain of ev'ry fex and age , The blade all reeking in the gore it fhed , With fever d heads and arms confus'dly spread ...
... state forgot ) Before thy altars are not to be brought Without constraint ; the noife of dying rage , Heaps of the flain of ev'ry fex and age , The blade all reeking in the gore it fhed , With fever d heads and arms confus'dly spread ...
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... state , To have your form , would gladly have your fate ; And of like flavery each wife complains , Without fuch beauty's help to bear her chains . Husbands like him we ev'ry - where may fee ; But where can we behold a wife like thee ...
... state , To have your form , would gladly have your fate ; And of like flavery each wife complains , Without fuch beauty's help to bear her chains . Husbands like him we ev'ry - where may fee ; But where can we behold a wife like thee ...
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... state , Were you not fure at last to wake , your fault too late . And find Then learn betimes , the love which crowns Our cares , is all but wiles ; Compos'd of falfe fantastick frowns , And foft diffembling fmiles . With anger , which ...
... state , Were you not fure at last to wake , your fault too late . And find Then learn betimes , the love which crowns Our cares , is all but wiles ; Compos'd of falfe fantastick frowns , And foft diffembling fmiles . With anger , which ...
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... state , Are far beneath us : fortune's felf may take Her aim at us , yet no impression make ; Let worldlings ask her help , or fear her harms ; We can lie fafe , lock'd in each other's arms , Like the bleft faints , eternal raptures ...
... state , Are far beneath us : fortune's felf may take Her aim at us , yet no impression make ; Let worldlings ask her help , or fear her harms ; We can lie fafe , lock'd in each other's arms , Like the bleft faints , eternal raptures ...
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againſt ANTONY Athens beaſt becauſe befides beſt BRUTUS CAESAR CASCA CASSIUS caufe cauſe charms CITIZEN DECIUS BRUTUS deferve defire DOLABELLA ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fame fate fatires fault fear feem fenfe fhall fhew fhine fighs fight fince firſt flaves fome foon foul fpirits friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure Gods greateſt grief heart Heav'n himſelf honour infpires itſelf joys juft JUNIA juſt kindneſs laſt leaſt lefs loft lov'd LUCILIUS mankind maſter mind moſt mufe muft muſt myſelf ne'er noble o'er paffion paſt pleaſe pleaſure POMPEY PORTIA pow'r praiſe publick raiſe reaſon reſt Roman Rome ſay SCENE ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtrong ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand TITINIUS TREBONIUS us'd uſe VARIUS virtue Whofe whoſe wife wiſh worſe wretched yourſelf
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Página 197 - O what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and I perceive you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded?
Página 195 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Página 196 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For if you should, O, what would come of it!
Página 144 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Página 86 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Página 62 - I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I, perhaps, may yield to your defire.
Página 197 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Página 62 - For now my Pen has tir'd my tender Hand : My Woman knows the Secret of my Heart, And may hereafter better News impart.
Página 85 - A work of such inestimable worth, There are but two the world has yet brought forth ! HOMER and VIRGIL ! with what...
Página 205 - But here our author, befides other faults Of ill expreffions, and of vulgar thoughts, Commits one crime that needs an act of grace, And breaks the law of unity of place...