The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... say , he is not accountable for feveral paffages in the furreptitious editions of those : Letters , which are fuch as no man of common fenfe would have published himself . The errors of the prefs were almoft innumerable , and could not ...
... say , he is not accountable for feveral paffages in the furreptitious editions of those : Letters , which are fuch as no man of common fenfe would have published himself . The errors of the prefs were almoft innumerable , and could not ...
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... say you do not write to me to gain my praise , but my affection , pray how is it poffible to have the one with- out the other ? we must admire before we love . affirm , you would have me fo much your friend as to appear your enemy , and ...
... say you do not write to me to gain my praise , but my affection , pray how is it poffible to have the one with- out the other ? we must admire before we love . affirm , you would have me fo much your friend as to appear your enemy , and ...
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... saying he will not epifcopate ; but I must confess , whilft I displease you by commending you , I please my- felf ... say , that when he was grown too old to have his visits admitted alone by the ladies , he always took along with him ...
... saying he will not epifcopate ; but I must confess , whilft I displease you by commending you , I please my- felf ... say , that when he was grown too old to have his visits admitted alone by the ladies , he always took along with him ...
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... saying she has once been tolerable , and wou'd yet pass mufter by a little licking over ; it is true that ( like moft vain antiquated jades which have once been paffable ) fhe yet affects youth- fulness in her age , and wou'd ftill gain ...
... saying she has once been tolerable , and wou'd yet pass mufter by a little licking over ; it is true that ( like moft vain antiquated jades which have once been paffable ) fhe yet affects youth- fulness in her age , and wou'd ftill gain ...
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... say for them- felves , against you and your performances ; fo that , now your hand is in , you must perfevere , till my prophecies of you be fulfill'd . In earneft , all the best judges of good fenfe or poetry , are admirers of yours ...
... say for them- felves , against you and your performances ; fo that , now your hand is in , you must perfevere , till my prophecies of you be fulfill'd . In earneft , all the best judges of good fenfe or poetry , are admirers of yours ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æneid affure againſt agreeable almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft beſt caufe cauſe CHERLEY converfation Correfpondence CROMWELL defign defire duodecimo eſteem fafely faid fame fatisfaction favour feems feen fend fenfe fent fentiments ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fince fincerity firft firſt fo long fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give happineſs HENRY CROMWELL himſelf honour hope judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never numbers obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid Paftorals perfon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry poffible Pope Pope's praiſe prefent Priam printed profe publiſhed Quintilian reafon reft Sappho ſay ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tranflation uſe verfes verſes whofe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 68 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Seite 271 - My dear, it is only this, that you will never marry an old man again.
Seite 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Seite 131 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Seite 236 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing, within the compafs of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a moft romantic confufion.
Seite 288 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place.
Seite 244 - I, if we ride on; the motion is an aid to my fancy, a round trot very much awakens my spirits; then jog on apace, and I'll think as hard as I can.
Seite 213 - I distrust neither your will nor your memory, when it is to do good ; and if I ever become troublesome or solicitous, it must not be out of expectation, but out of gratitude.
Seite 49 - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
Seite 288 - ... radiations ; and when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different scene. It is...