Poems on Several OccasionsBernard Lintot, at the Cross-Kyes [!] between the Temple gates in Fleet-street, 1726 - 221 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-4 of 4
Page
... Commons , entred in the Reigns of Edward IV . Queen Mary , Queen Elizabeth , King James I. King Charles Ift and Ild . Price 35. 6 d . A Report from the Committee of Secrecy , appointed by Order of the Houfe of Commons , to examine ...
... Commons , entred in the Reigns of Edward IV . Queen Mary , Queen Elizabeth , King James I. King Charles Ift and Ild . Price 35. 6 d . A Report from the Committee of Secrecy , appointed by Order of the Houfe of Commons , to examine ...
Page
... Commons . Price 3 s . Appendixes referred to in the Report from the Committee appointed by Order of the House of Commons to examine Chriftopher Layer and Others , c . Containing Foreign Correfpondence . Papers relating to Captain ...
... Commons . Price 3 s . Appendixes referred to in the Report from the Committee appointed by Order of the House of Commons to examine Chriftopher Layer and Others , c . Containing Foreign Correfpondence . Papers relating to Captain ...
Page
... Commons by his Majesty's Command . Publifh'd by Order of the Houfe of Commons . Price 6 d . The Report from the Trustees of the South Sea Company to the Honourable the Houfe of Commons , prefented January 25 , 1722 . Publish'd by Order ...
... Commons by his Majesty's Command . Publifh'd by Order of the Houfe of Commons . Price 6 d . The Report from the Trustees of the South Sea Company to the Honourable the Houfe of Commons , prefented January 25 , 1722 . Publish'd by Order ...
Page
... Commons Wednesday the 15th Day of April 1724. Publifhed by Order of the House of Commons . Price 9 d . The final Report of the Commiffioners and Truffees of the for- feited Eftates in Scotland , prefented to the Honourable Houfe of Com ...
... Commons Wednesday the 15th Day of April 1724. Publifhed by Order of the House of Commons . Price 9 d . The final Report of the Commiffioners and Truffees of the for- feited Eftates in Scotland , prefented to the Honourable Houfe of Com ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acts of Parliament againſt alfo Anſwer antient beſt Bluſh Breaſt caft Cafus call'd Cauſe Chriftian Church cloſe Commiffioners compleat Comus cras amet Defire deque Deſigns Effay Eftates ev'ry Eyes facred faid fame felf felves feveral fhewing fhining filent fince fing firſt fome fometimes Frogs ftill fuch Heart Hiftory himſelf Honourable Houfe Houſe of Commons Ipfa Jove King laft laſt late Let thofe love Letter Meaſures Mice Monfieur moſt Mouſe Mufick never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er Obfervations Occafions Ovid Paffion paſs pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Pope Pow'r Praiſe prefented prefix'd Price Price 6 d publick Publish'd Publiſhed quique Reaſons reft Reverend rife Right Honourable Scotland ſelf Sermon preach'd ſhake ſhe Simon Ockley Sir Charles Cotterell Soul ſpread ſtand ſtill ſtood thee Thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro Tranflated Treatife Truſtees Twas uſeful Volumes wand'ring whofe whoſe wou'd
Popular passages
Page 172 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 114 - Spoil. This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder Box.
Page 177 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. * Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the father, took the son.
Page 114 - 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 170 - But now the clouds in airy tumult fly ; The sun emerging opes an azure sky...
Page 136 - Muses, make them poor again. Now bring the weapon, yonder blade With which my tuneful pens are made. I...
Page 164 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 114 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 175 - Thy prayer, thy praise, thy life to vice unknown, In sweet memorial rise before the throne: These charms success in our bright region...
Page 174 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light.