The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... true light , thofe others , which it was not in the writer's , or our power to recall . This collection hath been owing to feveral cabinets : fome drawn from thence by accidents , and others ( even of thofe to ladies ) voluntarily given ...
... true light , thofe others , which it was not in the writer's , or our power to recall . This collection hath been owing to feveral cabinets : fome drawn from thence by accidents , and others ( even of thofe to ladies ) voluntarily given ...
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... true light fome matters of fact , from which the fcriblers of the times had taken occafion to afperfe either his friends or himself . He therefore lay'd by the Originals , to- gether with thofe of his correfpondents , and caused a copy ...
... true light fome matters of fact , from which the fcriblers of the times had taken occafion to afperfe either his friends or himself . He therefore lay'd by the Originals , to- gether with thofe of his correfpondents , and caused a copy ...
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... True Wit , I believe , may be defined a jutnefs of thought , and a facility of expreffion ; or ( in the mid- wives phrase ) a perfect conception , with an eafy deli- very . However , this is far from a complete definition ;; pray help ...
... True Wit , I believe , may be defined a jutnefs of thought , and a facility of expreffion ; or ( in the mid- wives phrase ) a perfect conception , with an eafy deli- very . However , this is far from a complete definition ;; pray help ...
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... the friendship between them is the more likely to be true , and unmixed with too much felf - regard . 3 One may add to this , that fuch a friendship LETTERS TO AND An invitation to Twickenham : The vanity emptiness of the world.
... the friendship between them is the more likely to be true , and unmixed with too much felf - regard . 3 One may add to this , that fuch a friendship LETTERS TO AND An invitation to Twickenham : The vanity emptiness of the world.
Seite 13
... true , applied to me , as it would be to yourself , for feveral weighty reafons ; but for none so much as that I might be to you what you de- ferve ; whereas I can now be no more than is confift ent with the small tho ' utmost capacity ...
... true , applied to me , as it would be to yourself , for feveral weighty reafons ; but for none so much as that I might be to you what you de- ferve ; whereas I can now be no more than is confift ent with the small tho ' utmost capacity ...
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...