The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The apotheosis of Milton. Prayers and devotional exercises. Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions and occasional reflections. Irene. Poems. Miscellaneous poems. PoemataJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... Greece and Italy in the most flourishing periods " of their glory ; that even in the higheft fpecies of " that divine art , he excelled their most admired " writers , as much as the difficulty of doing juftice " to the nature of angels ...
... Greece and Italy in the most flourishing periods " of their glory ; that even in the higheft fpecies of " that divine art , he excelled their most admired " writers , as much as the difficulty of doing juftice " to the nature of angels ...
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... Greece and " Rome to the publick regard of their country , and " that where this paffion is wanting , the end of " poetry is loft , which is to cultivate the focial " virtues , and to promote happiness and harmony " amongst men . If we ...
... Greece and " Rome to the publick regard of their country , and " that where this paffion is wanting , the end of " poetry is loft , which is to cultivate the focial " virtues , and to promote happiness and harmony " amongst men . If we ...
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... Greece , or greafe , as you please to take it . Of a member of parliament , who , after having harangued for fome hours in the house of commons , came into a company where Johnson was , and endeavoured to talk him down , he faid , This ...
... Greece , or greafe , as you please to take it . Of a member of parliament , who , after having harangued for fome hours in the house of commons , came into a company where Johnson was , and endeavoured to talk him down , he faid , This ...
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... Greece enjoys no gleam of tranfient hope , No foothing interval of peaceful forrow ; The luft of gold fucceeds the rage of conqueft , The luft of gold , unfeeling and remorfelefs ! The The laft corruption of degenerate man ! Urg'd by th ...
... Greece enjoys no gleam of tranfient hope , No foothing interval of peaceful forrow ; The luft of gold fucceeds the rage of conqueft , The luft of gold , unfeeling and remorfelefs ! The The laft corruption of degenerate man ! Urg'd by th ...
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... Greece , Ill - fated race ! fo oft befieg'd in vain , With falfe fecurity beheld invafion . Why should they fear ? -That power that kindly spreads The clouds , a fignal of impending fhow'rs , To warn the wand'ring linnet to the fhade ...
... Greece , Ill - fated race ! fo oft befieg'd in vain , With falfe fecurity beheld invafion . Why should they fear ? -That power that kindly spreads The clouds , a fignal of impending fhow'rs , To warn the wand'ring linnet to the fhade ...
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ABDALLA affembly affift Afpafia againſt anfwered ASPASIA Baffa becauſe breaſt CALI CARAZA caufe cauſe cenfure character charms confidered converfation death defcribed defign defire DEMETRIUS Dunciad ev'ry eyes faid Imlac faid the prince fame fear fecula fecurity feemed fhades fhall fhine fhould fibi filent firſt flaves fmiles folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul ftate ftill fuch fuppofed Greece happineſs happy happy valley heav'n hiftory himſelf hope Iliad IRENE Johnſon laft laſt lefs LEONTIUS loft Lord MAHOMET mifery mihi mind moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA myſelf neceffary nunc o'er obfervations paffed paffion Pekuah perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet Pope pow'r praiſe prefent princefs publick publiſhed purpoſe racter Raffelas reafon refolved rife SCENE ſhall ſhe ſky ſtate Sultan thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tibi tranflation uſe vifit viii virtue vitæ whofe
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338 ページ - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
19 ページ - But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
122 ページ - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth.
29 ページ - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised...
334 ページ - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
5 ページ - ... discord was always raging, and where man preyed upon man. To heighten their opinion of their own felicity, they were daily entertained with songs, the subject of which was the happy valley.
326 ページ - This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.
61 ページ - I do not now wonder that your reputation is so far extended ; we have heard at Cairo of your wisdom, and came hither to implore your direction for this young man and maiden in the choice of life " " To him that lives well, answered the hermit, every form of life is good ; nor can I give any other rule for choice, than to remove from all apparent evil." " He will remove most certainly from evil, said the prince, who shall devote himself to that solitude which you have recommended by your example.
334 ページ - To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And Detestation rids th
17 ページ - But the exercise of swimming, said the prince, is very laborious: the strongest limbs are soon wearied. I am afraid the act of flying will be yet more violent; and wings will be of no great use, unless we can fly further than we can swim.