Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, 第 1 卷Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1807 - 449 頁 "These volumes are intended to accompany Mr. Ellis's ... Specimens of the early English poets. That series concludes with reign of Charles II, this begins with that of James his successor."-- Preface. |
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第 viii 頁
... never yet been civilized , the institutions , manners , and pursuits of the people were alike , and the same species of poetry was cultivated at the same time ; and this similarity continued till the different nations had acquired each ...
... never yet been civilized , the institutions , manners , and pursuits of the people were alike , and the same species of poetry was cultivated at the same time ; and this similarity continued till the different nations had acquired each ...
第 xii 頁
... never returned . The wife , when her sons were about ten years old , mounted them on porpoises , and sent them in search of him ; and the son of the younger brother founded Malacca . ' Whether this King of the world be Alexander ( as is ...
... never returned . The wife , when her sons were about ten years old , mounted them on porpoises , and sent them in search of him ; and the son of the younger brother founded Malacca . ' Whether this King of the world be Alexander ( as is ...
第 xvi 頁
... never obtained the same European circulation , as that of the easier languages of the South , and also because our language since his days has undergone a greater alteration than the Italian . To attempt any comparison between three ...
... never obtained the same European circulation , as that of the easier languages of the South , and also because our language since his days has undergone a greater alteration than the Italian . To attempt any comparison between three ...
第 xviii 頁
... never became fashionable . It succeeded better in Scotland ; there it disfi- gured the verses of Sir David Lindsay , and the poems of Gavain Douglas , and continued as late as the days of James I , who , in his Essayes of a Prentice in ...
... never became fashionable . It succeeded better in Scotland ; there it disfi- gured the verses of Sir David Lindsay , and the poems of Gavain Douglas , and continued as late as the days of James I , who , in his Essayes of a Prentice in ...
第 xix 頁
... never can become popular unless it be perspi- cuous , and these long Latinisms were unin- telligible to the people . The ornate style has been tried in most modern languages , and fallen wherever it has been tried , first into ridicule ...
... never can become popular unless it be perspi- cuous , and these long Latinisms were unin- telligible to the people . The ornate style has been tried in most modern languages , and fallen wherever it has been tried , first into ridicule ...
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bards beauteous beauty blest bliss breast breath bright Charles charms CONSTANTIA GRIERSON CURSTY dear death delight despair divine dost Dryden dull e'er eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame fond fools George GEORGE SEWELL GEORGE STEPNEY give glory grace grave grief happy heart Heaven honour hopes inspire James JANE BRERETON John JOHN OLDMIXON John Vanbrugh JOSIAH RELPH joys king labour live Lord lover MARY BARBER mighty mind mourn Muse ne'er never NICHOLAS AMHURST night numbers nymph o'er pain passion pleasure poems poetry Poets praise pride rage reign RICHARDSON PACK rise SAMUEL WESLEY sense shade shew shine sighs sing smile soft SONG soul strain sweet taste tears thee things Thomas THOMAS D'URFEY THOMAS YALDEN thou thought thro tongue trembling Twas verse vex'd virtue Whilst William winds wise wretched youth
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第 76 頁 - Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire ; Come, and thy sacred unction bring To sanctify us while we sing.
第 355 頁 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone.
第 77 頁 - Chase from our minds the infernal foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in the way; Make us eternal truths receive And practise all that we believe. Give us thyself, that we may see The Father and the Son by thee. Immortal honour, endless fame, Attend the...
第 289 頁 - Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain; Let me kiss off that falling tear; We only part to meet again. Change, as ye list, ye" winds; my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee. Believe not what the landmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind: They'll tell thee, sailors when away In every port a mistress find. Yes, yes, believe them when they tell thee so, For thou art present wheresoe'er I go.
第 98 頁 - But now our fears tempestuous grow And cast our hopes away; Whilst you, regardless of our woe, Sit careless at a play: Perhaps permit some happier man To kiss your hand, or flirt your fan — With a fa, la, la, la, la.
第 201 頁 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
第 96 頁 - To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write: The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you — With a fa, la, la, la, la.
第 99 頁 - In justice you cannot refuse To think of our distress, When we for hopes of honour lose Our certain happiness ; All those designs are but to prove Ourselves more worthy of your love. With a fa, &c.
第 112 頁 - The crowding waves gush with impetuous rage Resistless, overwhelming ; horrors seize The mariners; Death in their eyes appears, They stare, they lave, they pump, they swear, they pray...
第 36 頁 - In the artificial night Your gloomy entrails make, Have I taken, do I take! How oft when grief has made me fly, To hide me from society E'en of my dearest friends, have I, In your recesses...