The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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Seite iii
... honour will do me the right , of owning by a line that I came honeftly by them . I flatter myself , in a few months I shall again be visible to the world ; and whenever through good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall joyfully ...
... honour will do me the right , of owning by a line that I came honeftly by them . I flatter myself , in a few months I shall again be visible to the world ; and whenever through good providence that turn fhall happen , I fhall joyfully ...
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... honour ; even to look into them already opened or accidentally dropt , is held an unge- nerous , if not an immoral act . What then can be thought of the procuring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them merely for Lucre ? We cannot ...
... honour ; even to look into them already opened or accidentally dropt , is held an unge- nerous , if not an immoral act . What then can be thought of the procuring them merely by Fraud , and the printing them merely for Lucre ? We cannot ...
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... honour or difhonour even to me , much lefs to Mr. Dryden . I agree with you , that whatever leffer Wits have rifen fince his death , are but like stars appearing when the fun is fet , that twinkle only in his abfence , and with the rays ...
... honour or difhonour even to me , much lefs to Mr. Dryden . I agree with you , that whatever leffer Wits have rifen fince his death , are but like stars appearing when the fun is fet , that twinkle only in his abfence , and with the rays ...
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... honour ? you faid ten times as much before , when call'd me your you friend . After having made me believe I poffefs'd a share in your af- fection , to treat me with compliments and fweet fayings , is like the proceeding with poor ...
... honour ? you faid ten times as much before , when call'd me your you friend . After having made me believe I poffefs'd a share in your af- fection , to treat me with compliments and fweet fayings , is like the proceeding with poor ...
Seite 27
... honour'd only to their fhame : but her artful innocence ( on the contrary ) will gain more honour as she becomes publick ; and , in fpite of custom , will bring modesty again into fashion , or at least make her fifter rivals of this age ...
... honour'd only to their fhame : but her artful innocence ( on the contrary ) will gain more honour as she becomes publick ; and , in fpite of custom , will bring modesty again into fashion , or at least make her fifter rivals of this age ...
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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...