The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, 第 1 卷W. Strahan, 1779 |
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... WHOSE WRITINGS THE VOICE OF AN ADMIRING PUBLIC HAS DECLARED TO HAVE REILLUMINED THE BRITISH THEATRE ; THIS COMPLETE EDITION P OF THE POETICAL WORKS OF R I O R , ONE OF THAT BRIGHT CONSTELLATION OF GENIUS WHICH SHONE FORTH LIKE M R ...
... WHOSE WRITINGS THE VOICE OF AN ADMIRING PUBLIC HAS DECLARED TO HAVE REILLUMINED THE BRITISH THEATRE ; THIS COMPLETE EDITION P OF THE POETICAL WORKS OF R I O R , ONE OF THAT BRIGHT CONSTELLATION OF GENIUS WHICH SHONE FORTH LIKE M R ...
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... whose follies gave him very fair aim . And when he allowed no quarter ; he had certainly been provoked by more than common error : by men's tedious and circumftantial recitals of their affairs ; or by their multiplied questions about ...
... whose follies gave him very fair aim . And when he allowed no quarter ; he had certainly been provoked by more than common error : by men's tedious and circumftantial recitals of their affairs ; or by their multiplied questions about ...
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... with greater piety , my Lord , than I muft recall the memory of your's : and when I think whose son I am writing to , the leaft I pro- mife myself from your goodness is an uninter- rupted continuance mife xx DEDICATION.
... with greater piety , my Lord , than I muft recall the memory of your's : and when I think whose son I am writing to , the leaft I pro- mife myself from your goodness is an uninter- rupted continuance mife xx DEDICATION.
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... Whose tow'ring ftrength will ne'er submit To Reafon's batteries , or the mines of wit : Yet ftill enquiring , ftill mistaking man , Each hour repuls'd , each hour dare onward prefs ; And levelling at God his wandring guess , ( That ...
... Whose tow'ring ftrength will ne'er submit To Reafon's batteries , or the mines of wit : Yet ftill enquiring , ftill mistaking man , Each hour repuls'd , each hour dare onward prefs ; And levelling at God his wandring guess , ( That ...
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... whose tender breast Was by his darling cat poffeft , Obtain'd of Venus his defire , Howe'er irregular his fire : Nature , the pow'r of love obey'd : The cat became a blufhing maid ; And , on the happy change , the boy Employ'd his ...
... whose tender breast Was by his darling cat poffeft , Obtain'd of Venus his defire , Howe'er irregular his fire : Nature , the pow'r of love obey'd : The cat became a blufhing maid ; And , on the happy change , the boy Employ'd his ...
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第 121 頁 - 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.
第 107 頁 - Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both...
第 385 頁 - To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter.
第 339 頁 - So whilst our mind its knowledge would improve, (Its feeble eye intent on things above) High as we may, we lift our reason up, By Faith directed, and confirm'd by Hope: Yet are we able only to survey Dawnings of beams, and promises of day.
第 iv 頁 - He was the finest gentleman in the voluptuous court of Charles II., and in the gloomy one of King William. He had as much wit as his first master, or his contemporaries Buckingham and Rochester, without the royal want of feeling, the Duke's want of principles, or the Earl's want of thought. The latter said with astonishment, " that he did not know how it was, but Lord Dorset might do anything, and yet was never to blame.
第 209 頁 - Marlborough when to fight. Or if it be his fate to meet With folks who have more wealth than wit. He loves cheap port, and double bub, And settles in the Humdrum Club...
第 iv 頁 - William. He had as much wit as his first master, or his contemporaries, Buckingham and Rochester ; without the royal want of feeling, the Duke's want of principles, or the Earl's want of thought. The latter said with astonishment, ' That he did not know how it was, but Lord Dorset might do any thing, and yet was never to blame...
第 113 頁 - ... 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.
第 xiii 頁 - ... of his breeding, and the knowledge and practice of what was decent and magnificent ; that he could only be rivalled in thefe qualifications by one great man, who has fince held the fame ftafF.
第 386 頁 - In China, Dampier's Travels tell ye, (Look in his index for Pagelli) Soon as the British ships unmoor, And jolly longboat rows to shore, Down come the nobles of the land, Each brings his daughter in his hand...