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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Page 84
... kind Lovelier , not those that in Illyria chang'd Hermione and Cadmus , or the god In Epidaurus ; nor to which transform'd Ammonian Jove , or Capitoline was seen ; He with Olympias ; this with her who bore Scipio , the height of Rome ...
... kind Lovelier , not those that in Illyria chang'd Hermione and Cadmus , or the god In Epidaurus ; nor to which transform'd Ammonian Jove , or Capitoline was seen ; He with Olympias ; this with her who bore Scipio , the height of Rome ...
Page 113
... kind ascribed by the poets to the heathen gods , and rejects his proposal as in no respect likely to succeed . Satan then suggests other modes of temptation , particu- larly proposing to avail himself of the circum- stance of our Lord's ...
... kind ascribed by the poets to the heathen gods , and rejects his proposal as in no respect likely to succeed . Satan then suggests other modes of temptation , particu- larly proposing to avail himself of the circum- stance of our Lord's ...
Page 126
... kind of delight , stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated . Nor is Nature wanting in her own effects to make good his assertion : for so , in physic , things of melancholic hue and quality are used against ...
... kind of delight , stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated . Nor is Nature wanting in her own effects to make good his assertion : for so , in physic , things of melancholic hue and quality are used against ...
Page 145
... kind our own soil breeds ; * Stout are our men , and warlike are our steeds : Rome , though her eagle through the world had flown , Could never make this island all her own . Here the third Edward , and the Black Prince too , France ...
... kind our own soil breeds ; * Stout are our men , and warlike are our steeds : Rome , though her eagle through the world had flown , Could never make this island all her own . Here the third Edward , and the Black Prince too , France ...
Page 168
... kind : See their wide streaming wounds ; they neither came For pride of empire , nor desire of fame : Kings for kingdoms , madmen for applause ; But love for love alone ; that crowns the lover's cause . " This thought , which ever ...
... kind : See their wide streaming wounds ; they neither came For pride of empire , nor desire of fame : Kings for kingdoms , madmen for applause ; But love for love alone ; that crowns the lover's cause . " This thought , which ever ...
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