 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...of short duration:; or they are blossoms only to be valued as they foretel Iruits. life of "Waller. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in general expressions; because poetry is to speak an universal language. This 'rule... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...ill supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. The morn they look on with unwilling eyes, Till, from their main- top, joyful news they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...ill {apply). In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, fhipwreck'd, labour to fome diftant more: Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare deep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art fhould be funk in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...quoted : In dreams they fearful precipices tread ; Or, shipwrecked, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. The verses, in which Prince Rupert and his enemy are compared to a greyhound and hare,... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...supply. 71. In dreams they fearful precipices tread; Or, shipwrecked, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. 72. The morn they look on with unwilling eyes, Till from their main-top joyful news... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, • Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. The morn they look on with unwilling eyes, Till, from their main-top, joyful news they... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...some distant shore: Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horrour, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in general expressions, because poetry is to speak an universal language. This rule... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...ill supply). In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore : Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...ill supply). In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore : Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. t It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk... | |
 | John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - 642 pages
...ill fupply). In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, fhipwreck'd, labour to fome diftant more } Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead; They wake with horror, and dare deep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art ihould be funk in... | |
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Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead : They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. 
