The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements : to which is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, المجلد 2Alexander Donaldson, 1774 |
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... virtue , wisdom , arts ; By poets , fages , legislators fought ; The fchool of polish'd life , and human - kind . But when mysterious Superftition came , 50 55 Of old PHOENICIA ; firft for letters fam'd , That. And with her Civil Sifter ...
... virtue , wisdom , arts ; By poets , fages , legislators fought ; The fchool of polish'd life , and human - kind . But when mysterious Superftition came , 50 55 Of old PHOENICIA ; firft for letters fam'd , That. And with her Civil Sifter ...
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... virtue , philofophic ease , 125 Of manly fenfe and wit , in frugal phrafe Confin'd , and prefs'd into Laconic force . There too , by rooting thence ftill treach'rous felf , The Public and the Private grew the fame . The children of the ...
... virtue , philofophic ease , 125 Of manly fenfe and wit , in frugal phrafe Confin'd , and prefs'd into Laconic force . There too , by rooting thence ftill treach'rous felf , The Public and the Private grew the fame . The children of the ...
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... virtue wore a smiling air , Each science shed o'er life a friendly light , Each art was nature . SPARTAN valour hence , At the fam'd pass , firm as an isthmus stood ; And the whole eastern ocean , waving far As eye cold dart its vifion ...
... virtue wore a smiling air , Each science shed o'er life a friendly light , Each art was nature . SPARTAN valour hence , At the fam'd pass , firm as an isthmus stood ; And the whole eastern ocean , waving far As eye cold dart its vifion ...
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... virtue , the glad ease Of EPICURUS , feldom understood . They , ever - candid , reason still oppos'd SOCRATES . 215 220 225 230 .235 240 E z To reafon ; and , fince virtue was their aim Part II . 51 LIBERTY .
... virtue , the glad ease Of EPICURUS , feldom understood . They , ever - candid , reason still oppos'd SOCRATES . 215 220 225 230 .235 240 E z To reafon ; and , fince virtue was their aim Part II . 51 LIBERTY .
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... virtue was their aim , Each by fure practice try'd to prove his way The beft . Then ftood untouch'd the folid base Of Liberty , the Liberty of Mind ; For fyitems yet , and foul - enflaving creeds , Slept with the monsters of fucceeding ...
... virtue was their aim , Each by fure practice try'd to prove his way The beft . Then ftood untouch'd the folid base Of Liberty , the Liberty of Mind ; For fyitems yet , and foul - enflaving creeds , Slept with the monsters of fucceeding ...
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amid arts Athens behold beneath beſt blifs boaſt breaſt breath BRITONS caft crouds deep defert delight earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafely fair fame fave fcene fhades fhall fhine fhore fhould figh filent fing fir'd firft firſt fkies flame flaves fleep flood focial foft fome fong fons foul ftates ftill ftrain fuch funk fweet fwell fwell'd gale gen'rous glory GODDESS grace GREECE guife heart heav'n himſelf honour inſpire juſt kings laft land laſt lefs LIBERTY light loft luxurious mankind mix'd moſt Mufe MUSIDORA muſt nought o'er paffion peace pleaſe pleaſure pour'd pow'r praiſe pride rage rais'd raiſe reafon reign rife rofe Roman ROME round ſcene ſhe ſkies ſpirit ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm ſtream ſweet tender thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil touch'd treaſure tyrant vale virtue waſte whence whofe whoſe wild
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الصفحة 196 - The rooms with costly tapestry were hung, Where was inwoven many a gentle tale ; Such as of old the rural poets sung...
الصفحة 214 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
الصفحة 242 - Tainting the gale, in which they flutter'd light; Of morbid hue his features, sunk and sad; His hollow eyne shook forth a sickly light; And o'er his lank jawbone, in piteous plight, His black rough beard was matted rank and vile; Direful to see!
الصفحة 206 - One day there chanced into these halls to rove A joyous youth, who took you at first sight ; Him the wild wave of pleasure hither drove, Before the sprightly tempest tossing light...
الصفحة 207 - Him through their inmost walks the muses lad, To him the sacred love of nature lent, And sometimes would he make our valley glad; Whenas we found he would not here be pent, To him the better sort this friendly message sent: LXVI.
الصفحة 208 - Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.
الصفحة 203 - Wide pour'd abroad behold the giddy crew ; See how they dash along from wall to wall ! At every door, hark, how they thundering call ! Good Lord ! what can this giddy rout excite ? Why, on each other with fell tooth to fall ; A neighbour's fortune, fame, or peace, to blight, And make new tiresome parties for the coming night. The puzzling sons of party next appear'd, ' In dark cabals and nightly juntos met ; And now they whisper'd close, now shrugging rear'd Th' important shoulder; then, as if to...
الصفحة 252 - OR ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love, And when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between, and bid us part: Bid us sigh on from day to day, And wish, and wish the soul away; Till youth and genial years are flown, And all the life of life...
الصفحة 188 - Or prowl in courts of law for human prey, In venal senate thieve, or rob on broad highway.
الصفحة 242 - Brentford town, a town of mud, An herd of bristly swine is prick'd along; The filthy beasts, that never chew the cud, Still grunt, and squeak, and sing their troublous song, And oft they plunge themselves the mire among...