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Page 78
... learning's Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no wealth below . ) Nor let the Frogs to win my fuccour fue , Those clam'rous fools have loft my favour too . For late , when all the conflict ceast at night , When my ...
... learning's Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no wealth below . ) Nor let the Frogs to win my fuccour fue , Those clam'rous fools have loft my favour too . For late , when all the conflict ceast at night , When my ...
Page 95
... learning , -far , oh far from thee ! Here mofs - grown trees expand the smallest leaf ; Here half an acre's corn is half a fheaf , Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fide , and torrents at their feet , Or lazy ...
... learning , -far , oh far from thee ! Here mofs - grown trees expand the smallest leaf ; Here half an acre's corn is half a fheaf , Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fide , and torrents at their feet , Or lazy ...
Page 203
... learning , to write an epitome before each part ; but it is not kind to foreftal us in a work of fancy , and make our attention remifs by a previous account of the end of it . . The next thing which employed my thoughts was the heroes ...
... learning , to write an epitome before each part ; but it is not kind to foreftal us in a work of fancy , and make our attention remifs by a previous account of the end of it . . The next thing which employed my thoughts was the heroes ...
Page 213
... learning into its pa- tronage , the proper place where it ought to diffuse its beams , to the furprize of all whom he would perfuade to reckon themfelves hitherto in the dark , and under the prejudices of a false admiration . However ...
... learning into its pa- tronage , the proper place where it ought to diffuse its beams , to the furprize of all whom he would perfuade to reckon themfelves hitherto in the dark , and under the prejudices of a false admiration . However ...
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... learning , and learned men ; particularly an admirer of Ho- MER to adoration . He had built the finest library in the world , and made the choiceft , as well as moft numerous collection of books . No encou- ragements were wanting from ...
... learning , and learned men ; particularly an admirer of Ho- MER to adoration . He had built the finest library in the world , and made the choiceft , as well as moft numerous collection of books . No encou- ragements were wanting from ...
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Ægypt againſt appear aſk beauty becauſe bluſhes caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe Comus Cras amet croud defign defire dreft eaſe eaſy envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame faſhion fays feat feem feem'd fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fight filent filver fince fing firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foul Frogs ftill fuch fung glaſs Gods guife heart himſelf HOMER houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft lefs Let thofe love loft Macedon Mice moſt Moufe Mouſe mufic Muſe muſt nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure poet Pow'r praiſe quique amavit raiſe reaſon reft rife roſe ſcene ſhades ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe whoſe youth ZOILUS
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Page 98 - 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 142 - 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 98 - 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...
Page 136 - 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 137 - Deep sunk in sleep, and silk, and heaps of down. At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of day Along the wide canals the zephyrs play ; Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes creep.
Page 131 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
Page 138 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
Page 96 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Page 41 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
Page 38 - Through all the land before. But soon as Dan Apollo rose, Full jolly creature home he goes, He feels his back the less ; His honest tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind, Which made him want success.