The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 9Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 |
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... Lord Berkeley had foon after the difpofal of the Deanery of Derry , and Swift expected to obtain it ; but by the fecretary's being fecured by a bribe of 1000 l . it was bestowed on another ; and Swift was difmiffed with the Rectory of ...
... Lord Berkeley had foon after the difpofal of the Deanery of Derry , and Swift expected to obtain it ; but by the fecretary's being fecured by a bribe of 1000 l . it was bestowed on another ; and Swift was difmiffed with the Rectory of ...
Page vii
... Lord Somers and Lord Halifax , by the House of Commons . He concealed his name ; nor was he , though he fided with the Whigs , at that time connected with any cf the leaders of that party . His motives were wholly of a public nature ...
... Lord Somers and Lord Halifax , by the House of Commons . He concealed his name ; nor was he , though he fided with the Whigs , at that time connected with any cf the leaders of that party . His motives were wholly of a public nature ...
Page ix
... Lord Masham's , from which they both departed difcontented ; he procured a fecond , which only convinced him that the breach was irreconcilable . He told them his opinion , that all was loft , and that he was determined to have no ...
... Lord Masham's , from which they both departed difcontented ; he procured a fecond , which only convinced him that the breach was irreconcilable . He told them his opinion , that all was loft , and that he was determined to have no ...
Page xiv
... Lord Orrery , Dr. Johnson , and Mr. Sheridan . " His capacity and strength of mind , " fays Lord Orrery , " were undoubtedly equal to any ta whatever . His pride , his spirit , or his ambition , call it by what name you please , was ...
... Lord Orrery , Dr. Johnson , and Mr. Sheridan . " His capacity and strength of mind , " fays Lord Orrery , " were undoubtedly equal to any ta whatever . His pride , his spirit , or his ambition , call it by what name you please , was ...
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... Lord ! I thought I should have funk outright . Lord ! Madam , fays Mary , how d ' ye da ? In- deed , fays I , never worse : But pray , Mary , can you tell what I have done with my purfe ? Lord help me faid Mary , I never ftirr'd qut of ...
... Lord ! I thought I should have funk outright . Lord ! Madam , fays Mary , how d ' ye da ? In- deed , fays I , never worse : But pray , Mary , can you tell what I have done with my purfe ? Lord help me faid Mary , I never ftirr'd qut of ...
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Page 142 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Page 213 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 365 - To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, three in one, Be honor, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven.
Page 539 - Beautiful in various dyes : The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the sable yew, The slender fir, that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
Page 23 - Now angry Somerset her vengeance vows On Swift's reproaches for her From her red locks her mouth with venom fills, And thence into the royal ear instils. The queen, incensed, his services forgot, Leaves him a victim to the vengeful Scot. Now through the realm a proclamation spread* To fix a price on his devoted head; "While, innocent, he scorns ignoble flight, His watchful friends preserve him by a sleight.
Page 512 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
Page 509 - Till, faint and weak, Secander thus began : SECANDER. O stay thee, Agib, for my feet deny, No longer friendly to my life, to fly. Friend of my heart, O turn thee <* Trace our sad flight through all its length of way...
Page 186 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 367 - Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care or payment: All thy wants are well supplied. How much better thou'rt attended Than the Son of God could be, When from heaven He descended And became a child like thee! Soft and easy is thy cradle: Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, When His birthplace was a stable And His softest bed was hay.
Page 514 - Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.