The Preface to the FablesUniversity Press, 1912 - 36 sivua |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 24
Sivu
... Light , and dress'd in the same English Habit , Story to be compar'd with Story , a certain Judgment may be made betwixt them , by the Reader , without obtruding my Opinion on him : Or if I seem partial to my Country - man , and ...
... Light , and dress'd in the same English Habit , Story to be compar'd with Story , a certain Judgment may be made betwixt them , by the Reader , without obtruding my Opinion on him : Or if I seem partial to my Country - man , and ...
Sivu
... Light : Which though I have not time to prove ; yet I appeal to the Reader , and am sure he will clear me from Partiality . The Thoughts and Words remain to be consider'd , in the Comparison of the two Poets ; and I have sav'd my self ...
... Light : Which though I have not time to prove ; yet I appeal to the Reader , and am sure he will clear me from Partiality . The Thoughts and Words remain to be consider'd , in the Comparison of the two Poets ; and I have sav'd my self ...
Sivu
... Light , for every Man to judge betwixt them . Chaucer first , and amongst the rest , pitch'd on the I translated Wife of Bath's Tale ; not daring , as I have said , to 21 that and this rom ated e to tter e PREFACE TO FABLES 21.
... Light , for every Man to judge betwixt them . Chaucer first , and amongst the rest , pitch'd on the I translated Wife of Bath's Tale ; not daring , as I have said , to 21 that and this rom ated e to tter e PREFACE TO FABLES 21.
Sivu 42
... . Fierce , and more fierce the tempest blew : The waves with foam the deck bedew . Now rising high , now sinking low , The billows in succession flow ; And , when the Sun withdraws his light , New 42 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH.
... . Fierce , and more fierce the tempest blew : The waves with foam the deck bedew . Now rising high , now sinking low , The billows in succession flow ; And , when the Sun withdraws his light , New 42 ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH.
Sivu 43
... light returns , but ' tis to shew The dismal scene of hopeless woe : The rising Sun , behind a cloud Shrinks , as afraid to view the flood , Where fierce and warring tempests reign As if ' twould ne'er be calm again . The hopeless crew ...
... light returns , but ' tis to shew The dismal scene of hopeless woe : The rising Sun , behind a cloud Shrinks , as afraid to view the flood , Where fierce and warring tempests reign As if ' twould ne'er be calm again . The hopeless crew ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
Aeneid appear'd Baucis and Philemon Beauty behold blow boast Boccace brave breast breath call'd Canterbury Tales charms Chaucer cheeks circling hours command Dæmon dart dead dear Death Death Wrecks deed Doctor doth Dryden e'en e'er ev'ry fair Fame fatal Fate fear feel fierce fond fool form'd Fungus gain'd give glory grace grave heard heart Honour hour Iliad impart JACK Lady LAPWING learn'd length Life's ling'ring liv'd live Love man's mortal ne'er never night nought Numbers o'er Ogilby Ovid pain pass'd pleasure PLUTUS Poet pride Prince of Condé proud rich round sage scene sense smile soon spirits Squire strife tale tell thee There's thing thought Tis true toil TOM HIGGINS translated turn'd Twas twere twill us'd verse Virgil Virtue wait wealth wife Wife of Bathe wish wish'd word yield