Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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... proper fubject for a pastoral poett . It has nothing peculiar but its confine- ment to rural imagery , without which it ceases to be paftoral . This is its true characteristic , and this it cannot lose by any dignity of fentiments or ...
... proper fubject for a pastoral poett . It has nothing peculiar but its confine- ment to rural imagery , without which it ceases to be paftoral . This is its true characteristic , and this it cannot lose by any dignity of fentiments or ...
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... proper perfonages ; but Mr. Pope was of opinion with other cri- tics , that they were the only proper per- fons to be introduced into an eclogue * . The pastorals of Mr. Gay are compof- ed in too homely a ftrain . The end of all poetry ...
... proper perfonages ; but Mr. Pope was of opinion with other cri- tics , that they were the only proper per- fons to be introduced into an eclogue * . The pastorals of Mr. Gay are compof- ed in too homely a ftrain . The end of all poetry ...
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THA SECT . II . Of SATIRE . HAT the proper fubjects for fa- tirical writings are the follies and foibles of human nature , is agreed by all critics ; but ill - nature has too often ob- liged its votaries to break through this neceffary ...
THA SECT . II . Of SATIRE . HAT the proper fubjects for fa- tirical writings are the follies and foibles of human nature , is agreed by all critics ; but ill - nature has too often ob- liged its votaries to break through this neceffary ...
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... proper fubject for fatire in another of his celebrated pieces , which is called , The fatire upon man . What vice or frailty can a difcourfe correct , which cenfures the whole fpecies alike , and endeavours to fhow by fome fuper- ficial ...
... proper fubject for fatire in another of his celebrated pieces , which is called , The fatire upon man . What vice or frailty can a difcourfe correct , which cenfures the whole fpecies alike , and endeavours to fhow by fome fuper- ficial ...
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1 nation between those who are , and those who are not the proper objects of it * . " But the Lutrin of this agreeable au- thor is free from thofe faults that Mr. Addison fo juftly corrects in the above paffage . It is , although ...
1 nation between those who are , and those who are not the proper objects of it * . " But the Lutrin of this agreeable au- thor is free from thofe faults that Mr. Addison fo juftly corrects in the above paffage . It is , although ...
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abfurd abuſe Addiſon admirable againſt Alcman alfo almoſt anſwer beautiful beſt Boileau celebrated character Charles Dryden compofed compofitions confiderable contain converfation deferves defire difplay Dryden Dunciad Eclogues effays excellent expreffion expreffive faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe ferve feveral fhall fhepherds fhould filk filly fince fineſt firft fome foon foul fpeaks fpirit ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fuperior fure genius Giorgione greateſt himſelf honour houſe Houyhnhnms Hudibras humour imitation inftances juft laft language laſt Lord Halifax Lord Harvey merit moft moſt mufic muft muſt never numbers obferved paffage paffed paffions paftoral painting perfon pieces pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetic poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent publiſhed purpoſe racter Rambler refpect ribaldry ridicule rife ſeveral Shakeſpear ſome ſpeak taſte thefe themſelves Theſe lines thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranflation underſtanding univerfally uſed Verfe verfification Verſe whofe whoſe writings wrote Zimri
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Seite 86 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Seite 175 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Seite 55 - 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 56 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 167 - Lo! at the Wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragg'd in the Dust! his Arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our Youth, all liv'ry'd o'er with foreign Gold, Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old!
Seite 36 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 169 - Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible to shun contempt...
Seite 36 - Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.
Seite 13 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
Seite 34 - If his grace and his wit improve both proportionably, he will hardly find that he has gained much by the change he has made, from having no religion, to choose one of the worst.