| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 820 pagine
...become of thee' AGAIN ST HOPE. H OPZ! whofe weak being ruin'd is, Alike, if it fuccecd, and if it rnifs; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound, Vain Shadow! which dolt vaniSh quite, Both at full neon and perfe& night! The Stars have not a pollibility... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 378 pagine
...of thee ? AGAINST HOPE. HOPE ! whofe weak being ruin'd is, Alike, if it lucceed, and if it mil's ; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound : Vain madow ! which doft vanifh quite, Both at full noon and perfect night ! The ftars have not a... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 pagine
..."Bo^e.. -'"' ( •'/ * i Hope, whofe weak being ruin'd is, Alike if it fucceed, and if it'mifs; • »' Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate*s dilemma wound. Vain fhadow, which doft vaniin quite, Both at full noon and perfect night! The... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 336 pagine
...unequalled fertility of invention: Hope, whofe weak'beingrmn'db, Alike if it fuccecd, and if it mifs; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound. Vain fhadow, which doft vanifli quite,. Both at full noon- and perfect night! The'flars have not a... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pagine
...unequalled fertility of invention: Hope, whofe weak being ruin'd is, Alike if it fucceed, and if it mifs ; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound. Vain fhadow, which doft-vanifh quite, Both at full noon and perfe& night! The flars have not a poffibility... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pagine
...unequalled fertility of invention ; Hope, whofe weak being ruin'd is, Alike if it lucceed, and if it mifs; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound ; Vain fhadow ! which doft vanifh quite, J3oth 3 t full noon and perfect night 1 D 3 " Tin The ftars... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pagine
...fertility of inve¿tjo¿i: Hope, whofe weak being ruin'd is, Alike if it fucceeds, and if it mifs; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound. Vain thadow, which dolt vanith quite, Both at full noon and perfeEt night! The ftars have not a poffibility... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagine
...admitted, their copiousness and acute may be justly admired. What Cowley has written upon Hope, shew unequalled fertility of invention : Hope, whose weak being ruin'd is, Alike if it succed, and if it miss ; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagine
...where schoIfcstick speculation can be properly admitted, theii copiousness and acuteness may be justly admired. What Cowley has written upon Hope, shews...invention: Hope, whose weak being ruin'd is, Alike if it succed, and if it miss; Whom good or ill does equally confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pagine
...be properly admitted, their copiousness and acuteness may justly be admired. What Cowley has wiitten upon Hope, shews an unequalled fertility of invention...confound, And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound. Vain shadow, which dost vanish quite, Both at full noon and perfect night! The stars have not a possibility... | |
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