The Works: In Verse and Prose, of Dr. Thomas Parnell, ... Enlarged with Variations and Poems, Not Before Publish'dRobert & Andrew Foulis, 1767 - 232 pages |
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Page 52
... learning's Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no wealth below . ) Nor let the Frogs to win my fuccour fue . 52 POEMS ON.
... learning's Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no wealth below . ) Nor let the Frogs to win my fuccour fue . 52 POEMS ON.
Page 65
... learning , far , oh far from thee ! Here mofs - grown trees expand the smallest leaf , Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf , Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , ' Rocks at their fide , and torrents at their feet , Or ...
... learning , far , oh far from thee ! Here mofs - grown trees expand the smallest leaf , Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf , Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , ' Rocks at their fide , and torrents at their feet , Or ...
Page 151
... learning , to write an epi- tome before each part ; but it is not kind to foreftal us in the work of fancy , and make onr attention remifs , by a previous account of the end of it The next thing which employ'd my thoughts was the he ...
... learning , to write an epi- tome before each part ; but it is not kind to foreftal us in the work of fancy , and make onr attention remifs , by a previous account of the end of it The next thing which employ'd my thoughts was the he ...
Page 159
... learning into its patronage , the proper place where it ought to diffuse its beams , to the fur- prize of all whom he wou'd perfuade to reckon them- felves hitherto in the dark , and under the prejudices of a falfe admiration . However ...
... learning into its patronage , the proper place where it ought to diffuse its beams , to the fur- prize of all whom he wou'd perfuade to reckon them- felves hitherto in the dark , and under the prejudices of a falfe admiration . However ...
Page 161
... . Egypt was at this time govern'd by Ptolemy Phi- ladelphus , a prince paffionately fond of learning , and learned men ; particularly an admirer of HOMER to X adoration . He had built the finest library in the OF ZOILUS . 161.
... . Egypt was at this time govern'd by Ptolemy Phi- ladelphus , a prince paffionately fond of learning , and learned men ; particularly an admirer of HOMER to X adoration . He had built the finest library in the OF ZOILUS . 161.
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