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... fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health fuffers , and the fpirits ebb , the heart Recoils from its own choice - at the full feaft Is famished - finds no ...
... fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health fuffers , and the fpirits ebb , the heart Recoils from its own choice - at the full feaft Is famished - finds no ...
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... fame fo little known , Nor converfant with men or manners much , Should speak to purpofe , or with better hope Crack the fatiric thong ? ' Twere wiser far For me enamoured of fequeftered scenes , And charmed with rural beauty , to ...
... fame fo little known , Nor converfant with men or manners much , Should speak to purpofe , or with better hope Crack the fatiric thong ? ' Twere wiser far For me enamoured of fequeftered scenes , And charmed with rural beauty , to ...
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... fame , The ambition of one meaner far , whofe powers , Prefuming an attempt not lefs fublime , Pant for the praise of dreffing to the taste Of critic appetite , no fordid fare , A cucumber , while coftly yet and scarce . The stable ...
... fame , The ambition of one meaner far , whofe powers , Prefuming an attempt not lefs fublime , Pant for the praise of dreffing to the taste Of critic appetite , no fordid fare , A cucumber , while coftly yet and scarce . The stable ...
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... fame ! Behold the fchools , in which plebeian minds . Once fimple are initiated in arts , Which fome may practife with politer grace , But none with readier fkill ! - ' tis here they learn The road , that leads from competence and peace ...
... fame ! Behold the fchools , in which plebeian minds . Once fimple are initiated in arts , Which fome may practife with politer grace , But none with readier fkill ! - ' tis here they learn The road , that leads from competence and peace ...
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... both to reft On the fame cushion of habitual floth . Perhaps timidity reftrains his arm ; When he should ftrike he trembles , and féts free , Himself enslaved by terror of the band , The audacious 130 . BOOK IV . THE TASK .
... both to reft On the fame cushion of habitual floth . Perhaps timidity reftrains his arm ; When he should ftrike he trembles , and féts free , Himself enslaved by terror of the band , The audacious 130 . BOOK IV . THE TASK .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
becauſe beft beneath caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defign delight diftant dream earth eaſe elfe eſcape facred fafe faft fame fave fcene fcorn fear fecure feed feek feel feems ferve fhall fide figh fight filent fince firft fleep flower fmiles foft fome fong foon foul fpirits ftands ftill ftorm ftream ftroke fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf nature Nebaioth never once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purpoſe reft rife ſcene ſchool ſeem ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſmooth ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtill ſuch ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand treaſure truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 36 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 35 - My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
Página 214 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Página 206 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 37 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Página 217 - Come then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! it was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood. Thy saints proclaim thee king ; and in their hearts Thy title is engraven with a pen Dipp'd in the fountain of eternal love.
Página 118 - Me oft has fancy, ludicrous and wild, Soothed with a waking dream of houses, towers, Trees, churches, and strange visages expressed In the red cinders, while with poring eye I gazed, myself creating what I saw.
Página 185 - The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Página 329 - And swing his rump around. His frisking was at evening hours, For then he lost his fear, But most before approaching showers Or when a storm drew near. Eight years and five round-rolling moons He thus saw steal away, Dozing out all his idle noons, And every night at play. I kept him for his humour's sake, For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts that made it ache, And force me to a smile.
Página 13 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...