Henriade: An Epick Poem. In Ten Canto'sC. Davis, 1732 - 311 páginas |
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... Leaguers . A Defcription of England , its Conftitu- tion and Happiness . Navarre has Audience of Queen Elizabeth . Sing the Hero , who by Right of Arms , TM And Right of Royal Heirship reign'd in France , Who by long Labours learn'd to ...
... Leaguers . A Defcription of England , its Conftitu- tion and Happiness . Navarre has Audience of Queen Elizabeth . Sing the Hero , who by Right of Arms , TM And Right of Royal Heirship reign'd in France , Who by long Labours learn'd to ...
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... Sweet is the Poison , but the Death is fure . Your Paffions fear , and learn your Lufts to tame , Soft Pleasure to refift , and fight with Love . When When you , by mighty Effort have fubdu'd The Leaguers 16 HENRIADE .
... Sweet is the Poison , but the Death is fure . Your Paffions fear , and learn your Lufts to tame , Soft Pleasure to refift , and fight with Love . When When you , by mighty Effort have fubdu'd The Leaguers 16 HENRIADE .
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... Leaguers and yourself , when in a Siege Horrid and ever famous fhall fhew you Bounty immenfe , and give a Nation Life , Then shall your People's Mis'ries have an End , You fhall then find , that He whofe Heart is pure , And trufts in ...
... Leaguers and yourself , when in a Siege Horrid and ever famous fhall fhew you Bounty immenfe , and give a Nation Life , Then shall your People's Mis'ries have an End , You fhall then find , that He whofe Heart is pure , And trufts in ...
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... Leaguers . His Character . Henry III . unites again with Navarre . Queen Elizabeth's Speech to Na- varre at his Departure . The Earl of Effex com- mands the Auxiliaries the Queen fends to France against the League . S OME Days , as Fate ...
... Leaguers . His Character . Henry III . unites again with Navarre . Queen Elizabeth's Speech to Na- varre at his Departure . The Earl of Effex com- mands the Auxiliaries the Queen fends to France against the League . S OME Days , as Fate ...
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... Leaguers heard , And without murm'ring their Commands obey'd . When to revenge his Quarrel , on the Wing I came , ' twas faid the Brother of my Wife Valois , had with the Leaguers made his Peace , And joyn'd , for my Destruction , with ...
... Leaguers heard , And without murm'ring their Commands obey'd . When to revenge his Quarrel , on the Wing I came , ' twas faid the Brother of my Wife Valois , had with the Leaguers made his Peace , And joyn'd , for my Destruction , with ...
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
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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...