Henriade: An Epick Poem. In Ten Canto'sC. Davis, 1732 - 311 páginas |
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Página iv
... Kings always affert- ed , and those of Mankind ne- ver laid afide . THE fame Spirit in which it is written , gave me the Con- fidence , to offer it to the Virtu- ous Confort of a KING , who among fo many Crown'd Heads , enjoys , almost ...
... Kings always affert- ed , and those of Mankind ne- ver laid afide . THE fame Spirit in which it is written , gave me the Con- fidence , to offer it to the Virtu- ous Confort of a KING , who among fo many Crown'd Heads , enjoys , almost ...
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... Kings ; ' Tis Thine to tell them what they ought to know ; ' Tis Thine to teach the Nations to avoid Divifion , and its dire Effects efchew . Say , how our Land by Discord was laid waste , The People's Suff'rings , and the Prince's ...
... Kings ; ' Tis Thine to tell them what they ought to know ; ' Tis Thine to teach the Nations to avoid Divifion , and its dire Effects efchew . Say , how our Land by Discord was laid waste , The People's Suff'rings , and the Prince's ...
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... Kings , and Oracles pronounc'd . He held the Holy Hermit in his Arms , The Tears faft trickling from his humid Eyes . And in that very Inftant he beheld • The Dawning Day , which was as yet but Dawn . C Mornay Mornay , tho ' not ...
... Kings , and Oracles pronounc'd . He held the Holy Hermit in his Arms , The Tears faft trickling from his humid Eyes . And in that very Inftant he beheld • The Dawning Day , which was as yet but Dawn . C Mornay Mornay , tho ' not ...
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... Kings and People miserable made , That bloody Theatre , where in the Course 19 Of many Wars , a Hundred Heroes fell ; That flipp'ry Throne from whence a Hundred Kings Had fall'n , a Virgin Queen with Glory fills , And And with her Fame ...
... Kings and People miserable made , That bloody Theatre , where in the Course 19 Of many Wars , a Hundred Heroes fell ; That flipp'ry Throne from whence a Hundred Kings Had fall'n , a Virgin Queen with Glory fills , And And with her Fame ...
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... Kings . Their Fleets imperious give to Ocean Law , And Fortune from the World's laft Limits call . London , fo barb ... King By Intereft divided , and by Law 20 C 2 Unite 1 United , these three Members form the Frame Of this HENRIADE . 19.
... Kings . Their Fleets imperious give to Ocean Law , And Fortune from the World's laft Limits call . London , fo barb ... King By Intereft divided , and by Law 20 C 2 Unite 1 United , these three Members form the Frame Of this HENRIADE . 19.
Términos y frases comunes
Admiral Coligny Affaffination Affiftance againſt Arms Aumale beſt Biſhop Blood Bourbon Brantome call'd Charlemagne Chriftian Conq'ror cou'd Court Cries Crimes Crown Death Difcord dreadful Duke de Guife Duke de Mayne Epernon ev'ry Eyes facred faid fame Fate Father fays Fear fhew Fight Fire firft firſt Foes fome foon form'd French ftill fuch Fury Glory greateſt Hand Heart Heav'n HENRIADE Henry Henry III Henry IV Henry's Hero Hiftory himſelf Honour Houſe King of France King of Navarre laft laſt League Leaguers lefs Lewis liv'd loft Love Maffacre Marefchal Maſter Medicis moft Monfieur Mornay moſt muſt Navarre o'er Paris Parliament of Paris Pleaſure Pow'r Prieſts Prince Proteftant puniſh Queen Rage Rampiers Reign Religion revenge Rome ſee ſhall ſhe Skies ſpeaks ſtill Sword Teutates thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro Throne Tranflation trembling Turenne Valois Verſes Virtue Voltaire whofe whoſe wou'd
Pasajes populares
Página xix - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Página xix - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Página xix - Hung amiable (Hesperian fables true, If true, here only) and of delicious taste ; Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interpos'd, Or palmy hillock, or the flowry lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store — Flowrs of all hue, and without thorn the Rose ; Another side, umbrageous grots...
Página 242 - ALL were attentive to the god-like man, When, from his lofty couch, he thus began : Great queen! what you command me to relate, Renews the fad remembrance of our fate...
Página xv - Idol Oak, In Double Rhymes our Thor and Woden Spoke; And by Succession of unlearned Times, As Bards began, so Monks Rung on the Chimes. But now that Phoebus and the sacred Nine With all their Beams on our blest Island shine, Why should not We their ancient Rites restore, And be what Rome or Athens were Before?
Página xxvi - But (laves we are, and labour on another man's plantation : we drefs the vineyard, but the wine is the owner's : if the foil be fometimes barren, then we are fure of being fcourged : if it be fruitful, and our care fucceeds, we are not thanked ; for the proud reader will only fay, the poor drudge has done his duty. But this is nothing to what follows ; for, being obliged to make his fenfe intelligible...
Página xi - Let the French and Italians value themselves on their regularity : strength and elevation are our standard. I said before., and I repeat it, that the affected purity of the French has unsinewed their heroic verse.
Página xxvi - If the soil be sometimes barren, then we are sure of being scourged; if it be fruitful, and our care succeeds, we are not thanked; for the proud reader will only say — the poor drudge has done his duty.
Página 285 - We had once in France the fame happinefs, and the fame privileges which you have; our laws were made by...
Página vi - Virtues ? Your Majesty will find in this book bold impartial truths, morality unstained with superstition, a spirit of liberty equally abhorrent of rebellion and of tyranny, the rights of kings always asserted, and those of mankind never laid aside. The same Spirit, in which it is written, gave me the confidence to offer it to the virtuous consort of a king who among so many crowned heads enjoys, almost alone, the inestimable honour of ruling a free nation ; a king who makes his power consist in...