If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows... The Lives of the English Poets - الصفحة 28بواسطة Samuel Johnson - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 420عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...I must go,. endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two...the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if tV other do. Aral though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other for dntli roam, It leans anrt hearkens... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy tUhmcss beat. COWLEY. 39 If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, tiie fix'd foot, makes no slmw To move, but doth if tli' other do. And though it in the centre sit,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two...far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Sbch wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run.... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...more fanciful and ingenious. He says to a wife who remains at home while her husband is abroad : " Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do : And though it in the center sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as... | |
| Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - عدد الصفحات: 822
...expansion. Like gold to airy thuuiesi beat. If we be two, we are two so «*• As stiff twin-compasses are two: Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but does if th' other da And though thine in the centre sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine leans... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 410
...I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. "If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no sho* To move, but doth if th' other do, And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two...far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run.... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two s» • As stiff twin compasses are two , Thy soul, the fix'd...far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run.... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 402
...Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two...makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And tho' it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the 6x'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th ' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
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