Enlightened England: An Anthology of Eighteenth Century LiteratureW.W. Norton, 1947 - 1248 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 81
Page 452
... NIGHT THOUGHTS ON LIFE , DEATH , AND IMMORTALITY 1742 NIGHT THE FIRST Tir'd Nature's sweet restorer , balmy Sleep ! He , like the world , his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion ...
... NIGHT THOUGHTS ON LIFE , DEATH , AND IMMORTALITY 1742 NIGHT THE FIRST Tir'd Nature's sweet restorer , balmy Sleep ! He , like the world , his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion ...
Page 472
... night's foul bird , Rook'd1 in the spire , screams loud : the gloomy aisles , Black - plaster'd , and hung round with shreds of ' scutcheons And tatter'd coats of arms , send back the sound , Laden with heavier airs , from the low ...
... night's foul bird , Rook'd1 in the spire , screams loud : the gloomy aisles , Black - plaster'd , and hung round with shreds of ' scutcheons And tatter'd coats of arms , send back the sound , Laden with heavier airs , from the low ...
Page 639
... night . 28 wa N : fair , white flying clouds , 29 " S.S.W. still & cloudy sunshine . F1800 at 79 same hour 76 d ... night . 31. 8 hours rain . wd S : W : moonshiny night . Aug : 1. cloudy . W : S : W : brisk and chill , bright evens . 2 ...
... night . 28 wa N : fair , white flying clouds , 29 " S.S.W. still & cloudy sunshine . F1800 at 79 same hour 76 d ... night . 31. 8 hours rain . wd S : W : moonshiny night . Aug : 1. cloudy . W : S : W : brisk and chill , bright evens . 2 ...
Contents
The titles of certain selections appear in smaller type These selections | 2 |
Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
Copyright | |
57 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration Aeneid Ambrose Philips ancient appear beauty better Bettmann Archive Boswell called charms creature critics Dæmons David Hume death delight Ev'n ev'ry excellent fair fancy fear genius give Gothic grace Grongar Hill hand happy head hear heart heaven hill honor hope Horace Walpole Houyhnhnms human imagination imitation James Boswell John Gay Johnson kind kings ladies learning live look Lord mankind manner master mind Muse nature never night nymph o'er object observed Oliver Goldsmith once pain passions person pleasing pleasure poem poet poetry Pope pow'r praise pride reason rise round Samuel Johnson scene Scotland sense sentiment shade Shakespeare song soul spirit sweet taste thee things Thomas Warton thou thought thro tion told truth virtue walk whole wild wind writing wyllowe Yahoos