The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...A. Millar, 1766 |
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AGAMEMNON ALFRED ARCAS Argos Behold beneath beſt bofom breaſt captive Carthage Carthaginian CASSANDRA charms CLYTEMNESTRA CORIN death dreadful Egiftbus EGISTHUS ELECTRA ELTRUDA fafe fair fame fate fave fcorn fecret fhade fhall fhame figh filent fince flave fmile foft fome fons foul friendſhip ftill ftream fuch fure glorious glory gods happineſs happy heart heaven HERMIT himſelf honour hope itſelf JAMES THOMSON king LÆLIUS laft laſt LELIUS loft madam Mafiniffa MASINISSA MELISANDER moſt muft muſt Mycena myſelf NARVA o'er paffions peace Phania PHOENISSA pleaſure prince purpoſe queen rage raiſe reaſon rifing Roman Rome ſcene SCENE SCENE Scipio ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhould Sophonia SOPHONISBA ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſtate ſtill Syphax TALTHYBIUS tears tender tenderneſs thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throne triumph tyrant vengeance virtue weep whofe whoſe wiſh woes wretched youth
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Página 226 - Attach thee firmly to the virtuous deeds And offices of life ; to life itself, With all its vain and transient joys, sit loose.
Página 155 - Where never human foot had mark'd the shore, These ruffians left me — Yet believe me, Areas, Such is the rooted love we bear mankind, All ruffians as they were, I never heard A sound so dismal as their parting oars.
Página 124 - In war or peace, who his great purpose yields, He is the only villain of this world : But he who labours firm and gains his point, Be what it will, which crowns him with success, He is the son of fortune and of fame, By those admir'd, those specious villains most, That else had bellow'd out reproach against him.
Página 29 - I could, in the most sacred ties, Live out a happy life. But, know that Romans, Their hearts, as well as enemies, can conquer : Then, take her to thy soul ! and with her, take Thy liberty and kingdom.
Página 155 - More desolate at heart, than e'er I felt Before. When Philomela, o'er my head, Began to tune her melancholy strain, As piteous of my woes ; till by degrees, Composing sleep on wounded nature shed A kind but short relief. At early morn, Wak'd by the chaunt of birds, I look'd around For...
Página 214 - Trust me, Emma, He is no common man. EMMA. Some lord, perhaps, Or valiant chief, that from our deadly foe, The haughty, cruel, unbelieving Dane, Seeks shelter here.
Página 235 - ALFRED, ELTRUDA, HERMIT. HERMIT. I have heard Thy fond complainings, ALFRED. ALFRED. You have then, Good father, heard the caufe that wrings them from me. HERMIT. The human race are fons of forrow born : And each muft have his portion. Vulgar minds Refufe, or crouch beneath their load : the brave Bear theirs without repining. ALFRED. Who can bear The {haft that wounds him thro...
Página 22 - As ye think wisest, best, dispose of me ; But, whether thro' your gloomy depths I wander, Or on your mountains walk ; give me the calm, The steady, smiling soul ; where wisdom sheds Eternal sunshine and eternal peace. Then, if Misfortune comes, she brings along The bravest virtues.
Página 213 - CORIN. Soft : let us not difturb him. Gentle Emma, Poor tho' he be, unfriended and unknown, My pity waits with reverence on his fortune, Modeft of carriage, and of fpeech moft gracious,. As if...
Página 24 - They burft unguided by the mental eye, The light of reafon, which in various ways Points them to good, or turns them back from ill ! O fave me from the tumult of the...