Quarrels of authors. Character of James the First. Literary miscellaniesBaudry's European library, 1840 |
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... preserved the unity of design in his text . His Lordship has unskilfully filled it with all that histo- rical furniture his diligence had collected , and with those minute discussions which his anxiety for truth , and his lawyer - like ...
... preserved the unity of design in his text . His Lordship has unskilfully filled it with all that histo- rical furniture his diligence had collected , and with those minute discussions which his anxiety for truth , and his lawyer - like ...
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... preserved the curiosity , with " all its peculiarities of gram- mar , spelling , and punctuation . " The insulted poet took a deep revenge for the contemptuous treatment he had received from the modern Stagirite . The “ pe- culiarities ...
... preserved the curiosity , with " all its peculiarities of gram- mar , spelling , and punctuation . " The insulted poet took a deep revenge for the contemptuous treatment he had received from the modern Stagirite . The “ pe- culiarities ...
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... preserving , for the sake of the masterly con- futation : no uncommon result of Warburton's literary labours ! 66 It forms the concluding note in Shakespeare's " Love's Labour Lost . " Of THEOBALD he was once the companion , and to Sir ...
... preserving , for the sake of the masterly con- futation : no uncommon result of Warburton's literary labours ! 66 It forms the concluding note in Shakespeare's " Love's Labour Lost . " Of THEOBALD he was once the companion , and to Sir ...
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... preserved an anony- mous character , " to catch this Eel of Controversy , since he hides his head , by the tail , the only part that sticks out of the mud , more dirty indeed than slip- pery , and still more weak than dirty , as passing ...
... preserved an anony- mous character , " to catch this Eel of Controversy , since he hides his head , by the tail , the only part that sticks out of the mud , more dirty indeed than slip- pery , and still more weak than dirty , as passing ...
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... preserved , in his memoirs of " An Author to be Let , by Iscariot Hackney . " This portrait of a perfect Town - Author " is not deficient in spirit : the hero was one Roome , a man only celebrated in the Dunciad for his " funereal frown ...
... preserved , in his memoirs of " An Author to be Let , by Iscariot Hackney . " This portrait of a perfect Town - Author " is not deficient in spirit : the hero was one Roome , a man only celebrated in the Dunciad for his " funereal frown ...
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accused Addison admirable adversary Æneid afterwards alludes ancient Anthony Wood appears Aristotle attack Bentley Bishop Bolingbroke Boyle called character Church Cibber considered contempt controversy court criticism curious Curll D'Avenant declared discovered Divine Dunciad edition Essay on Criticism favour feelings genius give Gondibert hath Hill Hobbes honour Horace human humour imagined invention James Job Throckmorton Johnson king labours learned letters Leviathan libel literary quarrel literature lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke malicious Martin Marvell mind Molière monarch nation nature never observed opinions original party passion Phalaris philosopher poem poet Poetaster poetical political Pope Pope's preface preserved prince principle printed published Puritans racter reader reign religion replied ridicule Royal Society satire satirist Satiromastix says secret seems Sir John Hill sovereign spirit Stubbe style taste things thou thought tion truth verse Warburton write written wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 9 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world. Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under 'iis huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Seite 78 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 201 - But you have so many friends to oblige, had you the world to dispose of !" "Shall I be the better for that when I am dead 3" " No," repeated the sublime cynic, "I would give the whole world to live one day.
Seite 197 - This was the Fell whom it was so difficult to assign a reason for not liking : I don't like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell, But I don't like thee, Dr.
Seite 322 - His lieutenant here ye should remain : Reward the just ; be steadfast, true, and plain ; Repress the proud, maintaining aye the right ; Walk always so as ever in His sight, Who guards the godly, plaguing the profane. And so ye shall in princely virtues shine, Resembling right your mighty King divine.
Seite 360 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarifms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its conftruftion, and fomething to the harmony of its cadence.
Seite 249 - Caps" — ( ie the square caps the bishops wore ). But another of these five hundred sons, who declares himself to be his " reverend and elder brother, heir to the renowned Martin Mar-Prelate the Great...
Seite 155 - But it is high time to strike sail and cast anchor (though I have run but half my course), when, at the helm, I am threatened with death ; who, though he can visit us but once, seems troublesome ; and, even in the innocent, may beget such gravity as diverts the music of verse.
Seite 222 - On every stage : and I at last, unwilling, But weary, I confess, of so much trouble, Thought I would try if shame could win upon 'em ; And therefore chose Augustus...