Poems on Several Occasions: To which are Added, the Tragedies of Julius Caesar, and Marcus Brutus. By John Sheffield, ... |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 5
Página 56
Yet others yield ; and love o'ercomes the best But why should I not shine above
the rest ? Fair LEDA's story seems at first to be A fit example ready found for me :
But she was couzen'd by a borrow'd shape , And under harmless feathers felt a ...
Yet others yield ; and love o'ercomes the best But why should I not shine above
the rest ? Fair LEDA's story seems at first to be A fit example ready found for me :
But she was couzen'd by a borrow'd shape , And under harmless feathers felt a ...
Página 57
If I should yield , what reason could I use ? By what mistake the loving crime
excuse ? Her fault was in her pow'rful lover loft ; But of what Jupiter have I to boalt
? Tho ' you to beroes , and to kings succeed , Our famous race does no addition ...
If I should yield , what reason could I use ? By what mistake the loving crime
excuse ? Her fault was in her pow'rful lover loft ; But of what Jupiter have I to boalt
? Tho ' you to beroes , and to kings succeed , Our famous race does no addition ...
Página 105
Not to enlarge on such an obvious thought ; Behold their folly , which transcends
their fault ! Alas ! their cares and cautions only tend To gain the means , and then
to lose the end . Like heroes in romances , still in fight For mistresses that yield ...
Not to enlarge on such an obvious thought ; Behold their folly , which transcends
their fault ! Alas ! their cares and cautions only tend To gain the means , and then
to lose the end . Like heroes in romances , still in fight For mistresses that yield ...
Página 166
I should not need , if you were gentle BRUTUS . [ Weeps . BRUTUS . Oh ! my soft
heart ! my resolution's arm'd Against all dangers , nay , against my friend ; Yet ,
firm to all things else , it yields to love ; [ Takes her in his arms . It yields to Portia .
I should not need , if you were gentle BRUTUS . [ Weeps . BRUTUS . Oh ! my soft
heart ! my resolution's arm'd Against all dangers , nay , against my friend ; Yet ,
firm to all things else , it yields to love ; [ Takes her in his arms . It yields to Portia .
Página 206
... and of vulgar thoughts , Commits one crime that needs an act of grace , And
breaks the law of unity of place : Yet , to such noble patriots , overcome By
factious violence , and banish'd Rome , Athens alone a fit retreat could yield : And
where ...
... and of vulgar thoughts , Commits one crime that needs an act of grace , And
breaks the law of unity of place : Yet , to such noble patriots , overcome By
factious violence , and banish'd Rome , Athens alone a fit retreat could yield : And
where ...
Comentarios de la gente - Escribir un comentario
No encontramos ningún comentario en los lugares habituales.
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Poems on Several Occasions: To Which Are Added, the Tragedies of Julius ... John Sheffield Buckingham Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
Poems on Several Occasions: To Which Are Added, the Tragedies of Julius ... John Sheffield Buckingham Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
againſt ANTONY appear arms bear beauty beſt better blood body BRUTUS CAESAR cares CASCA CASSIUS cauſe charms Citizen danger dear death doubt Enter ev'n ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fate fault fear fire firſt foes force give Gods grief hand happy hear heart Heav'n himſelf hold honour hope itſelf joys JUNIA juſt kill kind laſt leave liberty live look loſe LUCILIUS mankind mean mind moſt move muſt nature never night noble once pain paſſion pity pleaſe pleaſure poor PORTIA pow'r praiſe rage reaſon reſt Roman Rome ſay SCENE ſee ſeem ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſome ſoul ſpeak ſtill ſuch tears tell tender thee theſe thing thoſe thou thoughts VARIUS virtue whoſe wiſe worthy wretched yield
Pasajes populares
Página 199 - O what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and I perceive you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded?
Página 197 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Página 198 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For if you should, O, what would come of it!
Página 146 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Página 88 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Página 64 - I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I, perhaps, may yield to your defire.
Página 199 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Página 64 - For now my Pen has tir'd my tender Hand : My Woman knows the Secret of my Heart, And may hereafter better News impart.
Página 87 - A work of such inestimable worth, There are but two the world has yet brought forth ! HOMER and VIRGIL ! with what...
Página 207 - But here our author, befides other faults Of ill expreffions, and of vulgar thoughts, Commits one crime that needs an act of grace, And breaks the law of unity of place...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Poems on Several Occasions: To which are Added, the Tragedies of Julius Caesar, and Marcus Brutus. By John Sheffield, ... Poems on Several Occasions: To which are Added, the Tragedies of Julius Caesar, and Marcus Brutus. By John Sheffield, John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham |
| Autor | John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham |
| Editor | Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 20 Oct. 2006 |
| Largo | 280 páginas |
| Exportar cita | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |