Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose ...T. Longman, 1796 - 1008 páginas |
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... Said Love , " These be , " Fond man , refemblances of thee ; " And as thefe flow'rs thy joys fhall die , * E'en in the twinkling of an eye ; " And all thy hopes of her shall wither , " Like these fhort fweets that knit together . " I am ...
... Said Love , " These be , " Fond man , refemblances of thee ; " And as thefe flow'rs thy joys fhall die , * E'en in the twinkling of an eye ; " And all thy hopes of her shall wither , " Like these fhort fweets that knit together . " I am ...
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... Said Gilpin - So am I. But yet his horfe was not a whit Inclin'd to tarry there ; For why his owner had a house Full ten miles off , at Ware . So like an arrow fwift he flew , Shot by an archer ftrong ; So did he fly - which brings me ...
... Said Gilpin - So am I. But yet his horfe was not a whit Inclin'd to tarry there ; For why his owner had a house Full ten miles off , at Ware . So like an arrow fwift he flew , Shot by an archer ftrong ; So did he fly - which brings me ...
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... said , farewel ; no more Shall Death difturb your mirthful hour : And farther , to avoid all blame To give you time for preparation , ' Of cruelty upon my name , And fit you for your future station , Three feveral warnings you fhall ...
... said , farewel ; no more Shall Death difturb your mirthful hour : And farther , to avoid all blame To give you time for preparation , ' Of cruelty upon my name , And fit you for your future station , Three feveral warnings you fhall ...
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... said I , ' tis the fame thing , the chaplain will I thought I fhould have funk outright . Lord ! Madam , fays Mary , how d'ye do ? In- deed , says I , never worse : Yes , fays the fteward , I remember , when IO ! was at my Lady ...
... said I , ' tis the fame thing , the chaplain will I thought I fhould have funk outright . Lord ! Madam , fays Mary , how d'ye do ? In- deed , says I , never worse : Yes , fays the fteward , I remember , when IO ! was at my Lady ...
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... Said Harley , " I defire to know " From his own mouth if this be fo ; " Step to the Doctor straight , and fay , " I'd have him dine with me to - day . " Swift feem'd to wonder what he meant , Nor would believe my Lord had fent : So ...
... Said Harley , " I defire to know " From his own mouth if this be fo ; " Step to the Doctor straight , and fay , " I'd have him dine with me to - day . " Swift feem'd to wonder what he meant , Nor would believe my Lord had fent : So ...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volumen2 Vicesimus Knox Vista de fragmentos - 1801 |
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Página 715 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Página 622 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Página 714 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Página 548 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Página 621 - 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 619 - Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Página 620 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Página 570 - Now it is the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide.
Página 683 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Página 548 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.