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... falls with a heavy body , descends with a river , and ascends with flame and smoke . In tracing out a family , we incline to begin at the founder , and to descend gradually to his latest posterity on the contrary , musing on a lofty oak ...
... falls with a heavy body , descends with a river , and ascends with flame and smoke . In tracing out a family , we incline to begin at the founder , and to descend gradually to his latest posterity on the contrary , musing on a lofty oak ...
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... falling with rain , and descending gradually with a river , prevails over that of mounting " ward . But where the course of nature is joined with elevation , the effect must be delightful ; and hence the singular beauty of smoke ...
... falling with rain , and descending gradually with a river , prevails over that of mounting " ward . But where the course of nature is joined with elevation , the effect must be delightful ; and hence the singular beauty of smoke ...
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... fall of a tree , this poet * takes occasion to observe justly , that while we guard against some dan- gers , we are exposed to others we cannot foresee : he ends with dis- playing the power of music . The parts of ode 16. lib . 2. are ...
... fall of a tree , this poet * takes occasion to observe justly , that while we guard against some dan- gers , we are exposed to others we cannot foresee : he ends with dis- playing the power of music . The parts of ode 16. lib . 2. are ...
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... falls out by accident , with- out being foreseen or thought of , and which , therefore , could not be the object of desire , raises an emotion of the same kind as that now mentioned but the cause must be different ; for there can be no ...
... falls out by accident , with- out being foreseen or thought of , and which , therefore , could not be the object of desire , raises an emotion of the same kind as that now mentioned but the cause must be different ; for there can be no ...
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... fall like a full ear of corn , Whose blossom ' scap'd , yet's withered in the ripening . Venice Preserved , Act I. Sc . 1 . It has always been reckoned difficult to account for the extreme pleasure that follows a cessation of bodily ...
... fall like a full ear of corn , Whose blossom ' scap'd , yet's withered in the ripening . Venice Preserved , Act I. Sc . 1 . It has always been reckoned difficult to account for the extreme pleasure that follows a cessation of bodily ...
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Page 352 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks...
Page 406 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 314 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. « Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 397 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond ; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit , As who should say, / am sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark!
Page 371 - And I will lay it waste: It shall not be pruned, nor digged; But there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Page 329 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. DUCH. Alas, poor Richard! where rides he the whilst? YORK. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Page 231 - I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Page 332 - That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Page 352 - That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 327 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.