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Page xvii
... learned world will think some years of a man's life not misspent in so elegant an employment . I shall conclude what I had to say on this performance , by observing , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for ...
... learned world will think some years of a man's life not misspent in so elegant an employment . I shall conclude what I had to say on this performance , by observing , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for ...
Page xvii
... learned lan- guages . The scheme for the Treatise upon the Christian Religion was formed by the author about the end of the late queen's 1 Spectator , No. 39 . reign ; at which time he carefully perused the ancient x PREFACE . 1705 ...
... learned lan- guages . The scheme for the Treatise upon the Christian Religion was formed by the author about the end of the late queen's 1 Spectator , No. 39 . reign ; at which time he carefully perused the ancient x PREFACE . 1705 ...
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... learned theatre disdains Melodious trifles , and enervate strains ; And blushes on her injured stage to see Nonsense well - tuned , and sweet stupidity . No charms are wanting to thy artful song , Soft as Corelli , but as Virgil strong ...
... learned theatre disdains Melodious trifles , and enervate strains ; And blushes on her injured stage to see Nonsense well - tuned , and sweet stupidity . No charms are wanting to thy artful song , Soft as Corelli , but as Virgil strong ...
Page 132
... Learned the fit havens , and began to note The stormy Hyades , the rainy Goat , The bright Täygete , and the shining bears , With all the sailor's catalogue of stars . " Once , as by chance for Delos I designed , My vessel , driven by a ...
... Learned the fit havens , and began to note The stormy Hyades , the rainy Goat , The bright Täygete , and the shining bears , With all the sailor's catalogue of stars . " Once , as by chance for Delos I designed , My vessel , driven by a ...
Page 140
... learned apply those verses to the future burning of the world , ) for it fully answers that description , if the Cœli miserere tui , circumspice utrumque , Fumat uterque polus.- Fumat uterque polus - comes up to correptaque regia cœli ...
... learned apply those verses to the future burning of the world , ) for it fully answers that description , if the Cœli miserere tui , circumspice utrumque , Fumat uterque polus.- Fumat uterque polus - comes up to correptaque regia cœli ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.