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... most knowing , he is as fure of be- ing envy'd by the worst and most ignorant ; for it is with a fine Genius as with a fine fashion , all thofe are difpleas'd at it who are not able to follow it : And ' tis to be fear'd that esteem will ...
... most knowing , he is as fure of be- ing envy'd by the worst and most ignorant ; for it is with a fine Genius as with a fine fashion , all thofe are difpleas'd at it who are not able to follow it : And ' tis to be fear'd that esteem will ...
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... most powerfully bent ; and it was the businefs of their lives to correct and fi- nish their works for pofterity . If we can pretend to have used the fame industry , let us expect the fame immortality : Tho ' if we took the fame care ...
... most powerfully bent ; and it was the businefs of their lives to correct and fi- nish their works for pofterity . If we can pretend to have used the fame industry , let us expect the fame immortality : Tho ' if we took the fame care ...
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... most musically dull . So purling ftreams with even mrumurs creep , And hush the heavy hearers into fleep . As smootheft fpeech is most deceitful found , The smootheft numbers oft ' are empty found , And leave our lab'ring fancy quite a ...
... most musically dull . So purling ftreams with even mrumurs creep , And hush the heavy hearers into fleep . As smootheft fpeech is most deceitful found , The smootheft numbers oft ' are empty found , And leave our lab'ring fancy quite a ...
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... most ancient fort of poetry was probably paftoral . ' Tis natural to imagine , that the leifure of thofe ancient fhep- herds requiring fome diversion , none was so pro- per to that folitary life as finging ; and that in their fongs they ...
... most ancient fort of poetry was probably paftoral . ' Tis natural to imagine , that the leifure of thofe ancient fhep- herds requiring fome diversion , none was so pro- per to that folitary life as finging ; and that in their fongs they ...
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... most agreeable objects of the country ; by interrogations to things inanimate ; by beauti- ful digreffions , but thofe fhort ; fometimes by in- fifting a little on circumftances ; and laftly by elegant turns on the words , which render ...
... most agreeable objects of the country ; by interrogations to things inanimate ; by beauti- ful digreffions , but thofe fhort ; fometimes by in- fifting a little on circumftances ; and laftly by elegant turns on the words , which render ...
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Page 43 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 121 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Page 132 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 154 - Though mark'd by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice's locks first rose so bright, The heav'ns bespangling with dishevel'd light.
Page 129 - And tremble at the sea that froths below ! He spoke ; the spirits from the sails descend , Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend ; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair ; Some hang upon the pendants of her ear ; With beating hearts the dire event they wait, Anxious, and trembling for the birth of Fate.
Page 117 - These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring.
Page 5 - If we would copy nature, it may be useful to take this idea along with us, that pastoral is an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to describe our shepherds as shepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the best of men followed the employment.
Page 112 - The Rosicrucians are a People I must bring You acquainted with. The best Account I know of them is in a French Book called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its Title and Size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by Mistake. According to these Gentlemen the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes, or Daemons of Earth, delight in Mischief; but the Sylphs, whose Habitation is in the Air, are the best-conditioned...
Page 117 - Of airy Elves by Moonlight Shadows seen, The silver Token, and the circled Green, Or Virgins visited by Angel-Pow'rs, With Golden Crowns and Wreaths of heav'nly Flow'rs, Hear and believe!
Page 139 - Kiss, Not Tyrants fierce that unrepenting die, Not Cynthia when her Manteau's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such Rage, Resentment, and Despair, As Thou, sad Virgin ! for thy ravish'd Hair. For, that sad moment, when the Sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from BELINDA flew, Umbriel...