 | Joseph Addison - 1733 - 94 σελίδες
...fhall I repeat the Word! For-ever! Por. Thus o'er the dying Lamp th'unfteady Flame Hangs quiv'ring on a Point, leaps off by Fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its Hold. -----Thou muft not go> my Soul ftill hovers o'er thep^ And can't get loofe. Luc. If the firm Portius (hake To hear of Parting,... | |
 | Longinus, William Smith - 1752 - 244 σελίδες
...touch'd it with equal delicacy and grace : Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unfteady flame Hangs quiv'ring to a point ; leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. I have ventured to give thefe inftances of the beauty and ftrength of Images taken from low and common... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765 - 576 σελίδες
...how (hall I repeat the \vordfar-ever.' Portius. Thus, o'er the dying lamp th' unfteady flame Hapgs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loath to quit its hold. Thou muft not go, my foul ftill hovers o'er thee, And can't get loofe. Cato,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772 - 404 σελίδες
...not fworn ? If, Portius, thy fuccefs Muft throw thy brother on his fate, farewell, Oh, how fhall IT repeat the word, for ever ! Portius Thus, o'er the...on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loath to quit its hold. Thou muft not go, my foul ftill hovers o'er thee, And can't get loofe. Cato,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 942 σελίδες
...fuccefs Muft throw thy brother on his fate, farewell, 'h, how (hall I repeat the word-1 for-ever I PORTIUS. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unfteady flame...•—Thou muft not go, my foul ftill hovers o'er the^ And can't get loofe, • LUCIA. If the firm Portius ihajce To hear of parting, think what Lucia... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 368 σελίδες
...thy fuccefs Muft throw thy brother on his fate, farewell, Oh, how mall I repeat the word ! for-ever ! PORTIUS. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unfteady flame...loth to quit its hold. — Thou muft not go, my foul Hill-hovers o'er thee. And can't get loofe. LUCIA. If the firm Portius Aajce To hear of parting, think,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 366 σελίδες
...farewell, Oh, how fhall I repeat the word ! for-ever ! PORTIUS. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' nnfteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits,...loth to quit its hold. —Thou muft not go, my foul fttll hovers o'er thee, And can't get loofe. i UCI A. If the firm Portius make To hear of parting,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1784 - 412 σελίδες
...fiudied and affected comparifon ; . . Thus, o'er the dying lamp th' unfteady flame Hangs quiv'ring on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quits its hold. Thou muft not go ; my foul ftill hovers o'er thee, And can't get loofe. ' * / Though... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1787 - 482 σελίδες
...o'er the dying lamp th' unfteady flame LEC T. Hangs quiv'ring on a point, leaps off by fits, XVIIi And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. Thou muft...foul ftill hovers o'er thee, And can't get loofe. / Every one muft be fenfible, that this is quite remote from the language of Nature on fuch occafions.... | |
 | 1788 - 606 σελίδες
...juft. We have likewife a toanflati m of it in Addifon's Cato. Portius thus addrefles his xniilrftfs. •Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unfteady flame Hangs...fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold." But what is. there excruciating in this idea ? How does it agitate or affeft the mind ? When Oroonoko's... | |
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Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. 
