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Page 91
... nymph of his affections was looking over an old Magazine , from which she was in the practice of occasionally tearing a leaf to curl her hair with . " The smartest hit at the bachelors which I have ever met with . It professes to be the ...
... nymph of his affections was looking over an old Magazine , from which she was in the practice of occasionally tearing a leaf to curl her hair with . " The smartest hit at the bachelors which I have ever met with . It professes to be the ...
Page 105
... nymph , " but it is poetical in the truest sense of the term ; for it presents at once an image to the mind , an argument to the judgment , and a subject interesting to the universal feelings of our nature . Pray , do tell me by whom it ...
... nymph , " but it is poetical in the truest sense of the term ; for it presents at once an image to the mind , an argument to the judgment , and a subject interesting to the universal feelings of our nature . Pray , do tell me by whom it ...
Page 106
... must write my Latin version . Yet all who that way are inclined , This lesson learn from my undoing ; Unless your pockets are well lined , ' Tis labour lost to go a wooing . " There is , " resumed the nymph , " 106 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... must write my Latin version . Yet all who that way are inclined , This lesson learn from my undoing ; Unless your pockets are well lined , ' Tis labour lost to go a wooing . " There is , " resumed the nymph , " 106 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
Page 107
... nymph , " not only hu- mour and truth in this little poem , but a naïveté of thought and expression , which shows that the author possesses very amiable dispositions . " " Possessed ! " replied the Bachelor with a mourn- ful accent ...
... nymph , " not only hu- mour and truth in this little poem , but a naïveté of thought and expression , which shows that the author possesses very amiable dispositions . " " Possessed ! " replied the Bachelor with a mourn- ful accent ...
Page 108
... nymph , " till you tell me by whom these papers were written , and how it happened that so many really charming things have never been published ? " " Whether any of these poems have ever been published , ” replied the Bachelor , " I do ...
... nymph , " till you tell me by whom these papers were written , and how it happened that so many really charming things have never been published ? " " Whether any of these poems have ever been published , ” replied the Bachelor , " I do ...
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Page 85 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ; — VOL.
Page 324 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 148 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 397 - So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? where I in lust and joy, With a King's son, my childish years did pass, In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy.
Page 18 - ... compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 401 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head...
Page 85 - Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Page 234 - Observe how parts with parts unite In one harmonious rule of right ; See countless wheels distinctly tend By various laws to one great end : While mighty Alfred's piercing soul Pervades and regulates the whole.
Page 149 - The joys of earth and air are thine entire, That with thy feet and wings dost hop and fly; And when thy poppy works, thou dost retire To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. Up with the day, the sun thou welcom'st then, Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams; And all these merry days mak'st merry men, Thyself, and melancholy streams.
Page 398 - Wherewith, alas ! reviveth in my breast The sweet accord, such sleeps as yet delight ; The pleasant dreams, the quiet bed of rest ; The secret thoughts, imparted with such trust ; The wanton talk, the divers change of play ; The friendship sworn, each promise kept so just, Wherewith we past the winter night away.