The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... present fitua- tion . A Bookfeller advertises his intention to publish your Letters : he openly promises encouragement , or even pecuniary rewards , to those who will help him to any ; and engages to infert whatever they shall fend ...
... present fitua- tion . A Bookfeller advertises his intention to publish your Letters : he openly promises encouragement , or even pecuniary rewards , to those who will help him to any ; and engages to infert whatever they shall fend ...
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... present Edition : Some of the lines are thefe : " Thus Dulness , the fafe opiate of the mind , " The laft kind refuge weary Wit can find ; Fit for all flations , and in each content , " Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; " No pains ...
... present Edition : Some of the lines are thefe : " Thus Dulness , the fafe opiate of the mind , " The laft kind refuge weary Wit can find ; Fit for all flations , and in each content , " Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; " No pains ...
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... present my most humble service to Sir William Trum- bull ; for whom and whofe judgment I have fo pro- found a refpect , that his example had almost made me marry , more than my Nephew's ill carriage to me ; having once refolv'd to have ...
... present my most humble service to Sir William Trum- bull ; for whom and whofe judgment I have fo pro- found a refpect , that his example had almost made me marry , more than my Nephew's ill carriage to me ; having once refolv'd to have ...
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... present ftate terminates in the fociety and good - will of worthy men , which I look upon as no ill earnest and foretafte of the fociety and alliance of happy fouls hereafter . The continuance of your favours to me is what not only ...
... present ftate terminates in the fociety and good - will of worthy men , which I look upon as no ill earnest and foretafte of the fociety and alliance of happy fouls hereafter . The continuance of your favours to me is what not only ...
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... present to be a bare looker - on , and from a practitioner turn an admirer , which is ( as the world goes ) not very ufual . Cato was not so much the wonder of Rome in his days , as he is of Britain in ours ; and tho ' all the foolish ...
... present to be a bare looker - on , and from a practitioner turn an admirer , which is ( as the world goes ) not very ufual . Cato was not so much the wonder of Rome in his days , as he is of Britain in ours ; and tho ' all the foolish ...
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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...