The Preface to the FablesUniversity Press, 1912 - 36 sivua |
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... soon resolv'd to put their Merits to the Trial , by turning some of the Canterbury Tales into our Language , as it is now refin'd : For by this Means both the Poets being set in the same Light , and dress'd in the same English Habit ...
... soon resolv'd to put their Merits to the Trial , by turning some of the Canterbury Tales into our Language , as it is now refin'd : For by this Means both the Poets being set in the same Light , and dress'd in the same English Habit ...
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... soon shall cease to breathe , I wish some relics to bequeath , To those who will their value own When life is past , and I am gone : So take your pen , prepare to write ; And , as I dictate - you indite.- To my old friend Sir Edmund ...
... soon shall cease to breathe , I wish some relics to bequeath , To those who will their value own When life is past , and I am gone : So take your pen , prepare to write ; And , as I dictate - you indite.- To my old friend Sir Edmund ...
Sivu 14
... soon as I shall cease to live , The Lock of Hair which caused the strife That POPE has painted to the Life . Sailing aloft in Fancy's car , His Muse has changed it to a star ; - But I know better - don't reveal it : - - I brib'd the ...
... soon as I shall cease to live , The Lock of Hair which caused the strife That POPE has painted to the Life . Sailing aloft in Fancy's car , His Muse has changed it to a star ; - But I know better - don't reveal it : - - I brib'd the ...
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... soon recovering , thus address'd , The Fears and Wishes of his breast . 6 I know thee well ; and that ' tis vain To strive thy purpose to restrain , By any pow'r that Time can give : But still it is my wish to live , And when my reasons ...
... soon recovering , thus address'd , The Fears and Wishes of his breast . 6 I know thee well ; and that ' tis vain To strive thy purpose to restrain , By any pow'r that Time can give : But still it is my wish to live , And when my reasons ...
Sivu 34
... soon he learn'd , with ready art , To make the trowel play its part ; The lofty ladder would ascend , A chimney , or a roof to mend : To do his duty was his plan , As he grew up to be a man . What though he labour'd all day long , He ...
... soon he learn'd , with ready art , To make the trowel play its part ; The lofty ladder would ascend , A chimney , or a roof to mend : To do his duty was his plan , As he grew up to be a man . What though he labour'd all day long , He ...
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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