Quotations from the British Poets: Being a Pocket Dictionary of Their Most Admired PassagesR.W. Pomeroy, 1825 - 288 strán (strany) |
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Strana 7
... vain sedate reflections we would make , When half our knowledge we must snatch , not take . Oft in the passions ' wild rotation tost , Our spring of action to ourselves is lost : Tir'd , not determin'd , to the last we yield ;. And what ...
... vain sedate reflections we would make , When half our knowledge we must snatch , not take . Oft in the passions ' wild rotation tost , Our spring of action to ourselves is lost : Tir'd , not determin'd , to the last we yield ;. And what ...
Strana 10
... vain.- If manly sense ; if nature link'd with art ; If thorough knowledge of the human heart ; If pow'rs of acting vast and unconfin'd ; If fewest faults with greatest beauties join'd ; If strong expression , and strange pow'rs which ...
... vain.- If manly sense ; if nature link'd with art ; If thorough knowledge of the human heart ; If pow'rs of acting vast and unconfin'd ; If fewest faults with greatest beauties join'd ; If strong expression , and strange pow'rs which ...
Strana 15
... Vain wisdom all , and false philosophy : Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while or anguish , and excite Fallacious hope , or arm'd th ' obdurate breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel . Milton ...
... Vain wisdom all , and false philosophy : Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while or anguish , and excite Fallacious hope , or arm'd th ' obdurate breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel . Milton ...
Strana 19
... vain ; He ceases now the feeble help to crave Of Man ; and silent sinks into the grave . ARMY . Character of one . All the unsettled humours of the land , - Rash , inconsiderate , fiery voluntaries , Crabbe . With ladies ' faces , and ...
... vain ; He ceases now the feeble help to crave Of Man ; and silent sinks into the grave . ARMY . Character of one . All the unsettled humours of the land , - Rash , inconsiderate , fiery voluntaries , Crabbe . With ladies ' faces , and ...
Strana 23
... vain heart : For ever aiming at the world's esteem , Our self - importance ruins its own scheme ; In other eyes our talents rarely shown , Become at length so splendid in our own , We dare not risk them into public view , Lest they ...
... vain heart : For ever aiming at the world's esteem , Our self - importance ruins its own scheme ; In other eyes our talents rarely shown , Become at length so splendid in our own , We dare not risk them into public view , Lest they ...
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