History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... kind , which di- verts and instructs the greatest number , is to be pre- ferred . Let us look round among the admirers of poetry ; we shall find those , who have a taste of the sublime , to be very few ; but the profund strikes ...
... kind , which di- verts and instructs the greatest number , is to be pre- ferred . Let us look round among the admirers of poetry ; we shall find those , who have a taste of the sublime , to be very few ; but the profund strikes ...
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... kind , and at the same time form a complete body of modern ethics and morality . Nothing seemed more plain to our great authors , than that the world hath long been weary of natural things . How much the contrary are formed to please ...
... kind , and at the same time form a complete body of modern ethics and morality . Nothing seemed more plain to our great authors , than that the world hath long been weary of natural things . How much the contrary are formed to please ...
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... kind to refer , and with what authors to compare them . 1. The flying fishes : these are writers , who now and then rise upon their fins , and fly out of the pro- fund ; but their wings are soon dry , and they drop down to the bottom ...
... kind to refer , and with what authors to compare them . 1. The flying fishes : these are writers , who now and then rise upon their fins , and fly out of the pro- fund ; but their wings are soon dry , and they drop down to the bottom ...
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... kind : or ( as I may say ) to refer ex- actly the mould , in which they were formed , in all its inequalities , cavities , obliquities , odd crannies , and distortions . It would be endless , nay impossible to enumerate all such figures ...
... kind : or ( as I may say ) to refer ex- actly the mould , in which they were formed , in all its inequalities , cavities , obliquities , odd crannies , and distortions . It would be endless , nay impossible to enumerate all such figures ...
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... kind of pleasure to the mind , as to the eye , when we behold Harlequin trim- ming himself with a hatchet , hewing down a tree with a rasor , making his tea in a cauldron , and brew- ing his ale in a tea - pot , to the incredible ...
... kind of pleasure to the mind , as to the eye , when we behold Harlequin trim- ming himself with a hatchet , hewing down a tree with a rasor , making his tea in a cauldron , and brew- ing his ale in a tea - pot , to the incredible ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 419 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 419 - 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 115 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light, Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or...
Seite 111 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Seite 471 - Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Seite 106 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Seite 418 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 113 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Seite 461 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Seite 418 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...