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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... must never trust thee more , But count the world a stranger for thy fake . The private wound is deepest . Pro . My fhame , and guilt , confounds me.— Forgive me , Valentine : if hearty forrow Be a fufficient ranfom for offence , I ...
... must never trust thee more , But count the world a stranger for thy fake . The private wound is deepest . Pro . My fhame , and guilt , confounds me.— Forgive me , Valentine : if hearty forrow Be a fufficient ranfom for offence , I ...
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... must not think There are evils enough to darken all his goodness His faults , in him , feem as the fpots of heaven , More fiery by night's blacknefs ; hereditary , Rather than purchas'd ; what he cannot change , Than what he chooses ...
... must not think There are evils enough to darken all his goodness His faults , in him , feem as the fpots of heaven , More fiery by night's blacknefs ; hereditary , Rather than purchas'd ; what he cannot change , Than what he chooses ...
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... must do ' t : Away , my difpofition , and poffefs me Some harlot's fpirit ! my throat of war be turn'd , Which quired with my drum , into a pipe , Small as an eunuch , or the virgin voice Tent in my cheeks ; and fchool - boy's tears ...
... must do ' t : Away , my difpofition , and poffefs me Some harlot's fpirit ! my throat of war be turn'd , Which quired with my drum , into a pipe , Small as an eunuch , or the virgin voice Tent in my cheeks ; and fchool - boy's tears ...
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... must find An evident calamity , though we had Iach . Had I this cheek 593 To bathe my lips upon ; this hand , whoft touch , Whofe every touch would force the feeler's foul To the oath of loyalty ; this object , which Takes prifoner the ...
... must find An evident calamity , though we had Iach . Had I this cheek 593 To bathe my lips upon ; this hand , whoft touch , Whofe every touch would force the feeler's foul To the oath of loyalty ; this object , which Takes prifoner the ...
Página 595
... must forget to be a woman ; change Command into obedience ; fear and nicenefs , ( The handmaids of all women , or more truly Woman its pretty felf ) , into a waggifh courage , Ready in gibes , quick - anfwered , faucy , and As ...
... must forget to be a woman ; change Command into obedience ; fear and nicenefs , ( The handmaids of all women , or more truly Woman its pretty felf ) , into a waggifh courage , Ready in gibes , quick - anfwered , faucy , and As ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Adam Bell bafe beft blefs blood bofom breaft Cæfar Cato caufe charms Childe Waters dear death doft doth elfe ev'ry eyes fafe faid fair falfe fame fate fatire fave fayd fcene fcorn fear feem feen fenfe feven fhade fhall fhew fhould fide figh filk fing firft flain fleep fmile foft fome foon forrow foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftill ftrange fuch fure fweet fword grace grief hand hath hear heart Heaven honour king Lady laft lefs live loft lord lov'd Lycon moft moſt Mufe mufic muft muſt ne'er never night nymph o'er paffion pallion Phad Phædra pleafe pleaſe pleaſure poor pow'r praife quoth reafon reft rife ſpeak ſtate Syphax tears tell thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thoufand thought thro Twas vex'd virtue whofe wife worfe youth
Passagens conhecidas
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.