Reflection: A Poem, in Four Cantos ...R. Cruttwell, 1790 - 278 páginas |
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Página vii
... profe , is fo ; that former one was and is fo ; and I , now to be fure , fhall never be otherwife . it may But however , in a strain more ufual , I would remark , that I am not quite without example or precedent for this both colloquial ...
... profe , is fo ; that former one was and is fo ; and I , now to be fure , fhall never be otherwife . it may But however , in a strain more ufual , I would remark , that I am not quite without example or precedent for this both colloquial ...
Página x
... profe at all elegantly , and had any turn to poetry , and any imagination , might ( if he also tried ) find , who perhaps like myself had never for years together even attempted a line of poetry . Yet , when I advance this as to the ...
... profe at all elegantly , and had any turn to poetry , and any imagination , might ( if he also tried ) find , who perhaps like myself had never for years together even attempted a line of poetry . Yet , when I advance this as to the ...
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... profe , of my fanciful Eve , for whom I in my turn have alfo manifefted a partiality even beyond that for my Divinity . In that quondam work now alluded to , there were , it is well known , many attempts of the kind , and among the ...
... profe , of my fanciful Eve , for whom I in my turn have alfo manifefted a partiality even beyond that for my Divinity . In that quondam work now alluded to , there were , it is well known , many attempts of the kind , and among the ...
Página 37
... Profe ; * Enough , if , Wifdom ftill in view , The fcrutinizing verse be true . Yes , Bard ! " we own , " Life can fupply Scarce more than to look round and die . Shall we too then , e'en while we can , СС Expatiate o'er this fcene of ...
... Profe ; * Enough , if , Wifdom ftill in view , The fcrutinizing verse be true . Yes , Bard ! " we own , " Life can fupply Scarce more than to look round and die . Shall we too then , e'en while we can , СС Expatiate o'er this fcene of ...
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... profe - fentences were meant as the basis of my poetical fling , but that failing me , I will flatter myself enough to suppose my reader of taste not to be averse to the seeing those my quondam effusions on Taste , and which , I will ...
... profe - fentences were meant as the basis of my poetical fling , but that failing me , I will flatter myself enough to suppose my reader of taste not to be averse to the seeing those my quondam effusions on Taste , and which , I will ...
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Página iii - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Página 128 - Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love, to urge, and reason, to restrain; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill.
Página 101 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Página 86 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Página 240 - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear...
Página 118 - Great kings to wars are pointed forth, Like loaded needles to the North, And thou and I, by power...
Página 113 - The reader feels his mind full, though he learns nothing; and, when he meets it in its new array, no longer knows the talk of his mother and his nurse.
Página 277 - And must we spectacles apply, To view what hurts our naked eye ? Sir, if it be your wisdom's aim To make me merrier than I am ; I'll be all night at your devotion — Come on, friend ; broach the pleasing notion : But, if you would depress my thought, Your system is not worth a groat— For Plato's fancies what care I?
Página 118 - Celia's chamber, As straw and paper are by amber. If we sit down to play or set, (Suppose at ombre or basset,} Let people call us cheats or fools, Our cards and we are equal tools. We sure in vain the cards condemn : Ourselves...
Página 50 - Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.