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Page xvi
... foul of a Lawyer fricafeed to his breakfast . - It is al- moft impoffible to be ferious on this fubject . - Let me fay however , that if thefe Gentlemen meant to have acted impartially , they ought furely to have given their readers ...
... foul of a Lawyer fricafeed to his breakfast . - It is al- moft impoffible to be ferious on this fubject . - Let me fay however , that if thefe Gentlemen meant to have acted impartially , they ought furely to have given their readers ...
Page lxiii
... foul ! ( fays he ) difturbed as thou art with accu- " mulated troubles , yet ftanding fecure amidst your " enemies , while with undaunted refolution you refift " misfortune , learn neither to become openly boastful " and vain - glorious ...
... foul ! ( fays he ) difturbed as thou art with accu- " mulated troubles , yet ftanding fecure amidst your " enemies , while with undaunted refolution you refift " misfortune , learn neither to become openly boastful " and vain - glorious ...
Page lxxvi
... foul , and combat " with fhining arms . " It is from this confideration that Horace fays , speaking of Poetry in general , " Defcriptas fervare vices , operumque colores , " Cur ego fi nequeo ignoroque , Poeta falutor " ? " But if ...
... foul , and combat " with fhining arms . " It is from this confideration that Horace fays , speaking of Poetry in general , " Defcriptas fervare vices , operumque colores , " Cur ego fi nequeo ignoroque , Poeta falutor " ? " But if ...
Page 11
... foul infpire , with one Touch with one beam of thy celestial fire , A foul , that rifing with fublime delight Leaves worlds behind in its aerial flight ; Mounts o'er the fkies , unufual heights to foar , Where YOUNG and angels only flew ...
... foul infpire , with one Touch with one beam of thy celestial fire , A foul , that rifing with fublime delight Leaves worlds behind in its aerial flight ; Mounts o'er the fkies , unufual heights to foar , Where YOUNG and angels only flew ...
Page 12
... foul , Teach ev'ry nobler power to guide my tongue , And touch the heart , while thou infpir'ft the fong . 30 * Whofe wings the whirlwind , & c . ] How inimitably beautiful is the Pfalmift's description of the Deity , ( Pf . civ . 3 ...
... foul , Teach ev'ry nobler power to guide my tongue , And touch the heart , while thou infpir'ft the fong . 30 * Whofe wings the whirlwind , & c . ] How inimitably beautiful is the Pfalmift's description of the Deity , ( Pf . civ . 3 ...
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Page xxxix - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page xi - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : 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.
Page cxxiii - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page c - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 39 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 101 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Page 98 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Page xxxiii - Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly ; the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea.
Page xxxiv - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Page cvi - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.