Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1796 - English poetry |
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Page 80
... tell us , pray , " When are the troops to have their pay ? " And tho ' I solemnly declare I know no more than my Lord Mayor , They stand amaz'd , and think me grown The closest mortal ever known . 120 Thus in a sea of folly tost , My ...
... tell us , pray , " When are the troops to have their pay ? " And tho ' I solemnly declare I know no more than my Lord Mayor , They stand amaz'd , and think me grown The closest mortal ever known . 120 Thus in a sea of folly tost , My ...
Page 84
... Tell how the moon - beam trembling falls , And tips with silver all the walls ; Palladian walls , Venetian doors , Grotesco roofs , and stucco floors : But let it ( in a word ) be said , The moon was up , and men a - bed , The napkins ...
... Tell how the moon - beam trembling falls , And tips with silver all the walls ; Palladian walls , Venetian doors , Grotesco roofs , and stucco floors : But let it ( in a word ) be said , The moon was up , and men a - bed , The napkins ...
Page 102
... Tell at your levee , as the crowds approach , To whom s to nod , whom take into your coach ; ༡༠ 95 100 Qui possum tot ? ait : tamen et quæram , et quot ha- bebo , Mittam : post paulo scribit , sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum ...
... Tell at your levee , as the crowds approach , To whom s to nod , whom take into your coach ; ༡༠ 95 100 Qui possum tot ? ait : tamen et quæram , et quot ha- bebo , Mittam : post paulo scribit , sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum ...
Page 107
... tell you wherefore , You give the things you never care for . A wise man always is , or shou'd Be , mighty ready to do good ; But makes a diff'rence in his thought Betwixt a guinea and a groat . Now this I'll say , You'll find in me A ...
... tell you wherefore , You give the things you never care for . A wise man always is , or shou'd Be , mighty ready to do good ; But makes a diff'rence in his thought Betwixt a guinea and a groat . Now this I'll say , You'll find in me A ...
Page 109
... tell his story . " Harley , the nation's great support " - But you may read it , I stop short . Sæpe verecundum laudasti : Rexque , Páterque , Audisti coram , nec verbo parcius absens . Inspice si possum donata reponere lætus . 70 75 80 ...
... tell his story . " Harley , the nation's great support " - But you may read it , I stop short . Sæpe verecundum laudasti : Rexque , Páterque , Audisti coram , nec verbo parcius absens . Inspice si possum donata reponere lætus . 70 75 80 ...
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Page 32 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 213 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 36 - So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Page 48 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Page 32 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 197 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 39 - With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Page 35 - Tis all in vain, deny it as I will: 'No, such a genius never can lie still'; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes.
Page 27 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 33 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were he...