Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... Nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one movement of his mind ! Who saw its fires here rise and there descend ...
... Nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one movement of his mind ! Who saw its fires here rise and there descend ...
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... Nature its mother , Habit is its nurse ; Wit , Spirit , Faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself but gives it edge and power ; As Heaven's blest beam turns vinegar more sour . We , wretched subjects though to lawful sway , In this ...
... Nature its mother , Habit is its nurse ; Wit , Spirit , Faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself but gives it edge and power ; As Heaven's blest beam turns vinegar more sour . We , wretched subjects though to lawful sway , In this ...
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... nature . Reason instructed by instinct in the invention of arts , and in the forms of society . V. Origin of political societies . Origin of mo- narchy . Patriarchal government . VI . Origin of true religion and government , from the ...
... nature . Reason instructed by instinct in the invention of arts , and in the forms of society . V. Origin of political societies . Origin of mo- narchy . Patriarchal government . VI . Origin of true religion and government , from the ...
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... Nature happiness to gain , Which heavier Reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , Reason never long : One must go right , the other may go wrong . See then the acting and comparing powers One in their nature , which are two ...
... Nature happiness to gain , Which heavier Reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , Reason never long : One must go right , the other may go wrong . See then the acting and comparing powers One in their nature , which are two ...
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... nature , or of fortune . IV . The folly of ex- pecting that God should alter his general laws in favour of particulars . V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest . VI . That external ...
... nature , or of fortune . IV . The folly of ex- pecting that God should alter his general laws in favour of particulars . V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest . VI . That external ...
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