Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and SheridanArchibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; White, Cochrane, and Company and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, London; and John Cumming, Dublin., 1814 |
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... nature , or at least the good judgment of the world , would have cleared us from the imputation of such things , as had been thus charged upon us by the malice of enemies , the want of judgment of friends , the un- concern of ...
... nature , or at least the good judgment of the world , would have cleared us from the imputation of such things , as had been thus charged upon us by the malice of enemies , the want of judgment of friends , the un- concern of ...
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... Nature in some narrow partial shape , And let the author of the whole escape ; It was but which were reserved for the inimitable numbers of the fourth Book of the Dunciad . The death of Queen Anne , however , which disconcerted more ...
... Nature in some narrow partial shape , And let the author of the whole escape ; It was but which were reserved for the inimitable numbers of the fourth Book of the Dunciad . The death of Queen Anne , however , which disconcerted more ...
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... Nature had more bountifully bestowed it , or in whom Art had brought it to higher perfection . " - Bp . WARBURTON . " The Memoirs of Scriblerus extend only to the first book of a work projected in concert by Pope , Swift , and Arbuthnot ...
... Nature had more bountifully bestowed it , or in whom Art had brought it to higher perfection . " - Bp . WARBURTON . " The Memoirs of Scriblerus extend only to the first book of a work projected in concert by Pope , Swift , and Arbuthnot ...
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... nature , that it is incredible what a desire I conceived that moment to be acquainted with the author , who I clearly con- ceived was some great philosopher in disguise . I several times endeavoured to speak to him , which he as often ...
... nature , that it is incredible what a desire I conceived that moment to be acquainted with the author , who I clearly con- ceived was some great philosopher in disguise . I several times endeavoured to speak to him , which he as often ...
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... Nature not indeed an unkind , but a very coy mistress : watch- ful nights , anxious days , slender meals , and endless labours , must be the lot of all who pursue her through her labyrinths and meanders . My first vital air I drew in ...
... Nature not indeed an unkind , but a very coy mistress : watch- ful nights , anxious days , slender meals , and endless labours , must be the lot of all who pursue her through her labyrinths and meanders . My first vital air I drew in ...
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Addison Æsop Ambrose Philips ancient appear barrier treaty bathos beasts Blackmore bookseller called Cato catoptrical character church court critics Curll Dennis Doctor Double Falsehood Dr Arbuthnot Dr WARTON Duke Dunciad EDMUND CURLL ev'ry excellent eyes fear Fourth Doctor gentleman give hand hath head hear Homer honour humour Jews John Dennis king ladies learned letter Lintot live Lord maids mankind manner master Miscellanies nature neighbours never observed occasion person piece poem poet poetry poor Pope pray puns pyed horses Quadrille Queen racter reader reason remarkable ridicule Rule satire Scriblerus Scriblerus Club Second Doctor speak specta spirit sweet Molly Thalestris thee thing Third Doctor thou thought tion Tom D'Urfey true turn verse WARTON Whiston whole wife women wonder words writ write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 340 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, 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 341 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Seite 67 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Seite 159 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Seite 150 - The fluttering fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her fav'rite lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. "To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Seite 159 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void...
Seite 149 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Seite 153 - Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply.
Seite 89 - French have already laid down many mechanical rules for compositions of this sort, but at the same time they cut off almost all undertakers from the possibility of ever performing them; for the first qualification they unanimously require in a poet, is a genius. I shall here endeavour (for the benefit of my countrymen) to make it manifest, that epic poems may be made "without a genius", nay, without learning or much reading.
Seite 176 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.