Bell's Edition, Volúmenes77-78J. Bell, 1796 |
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... Verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide , philosopher , and friend ? That , urg'd by thee , I turn'd the tuneful art From sounds to things , from fancy to the heart ; For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light , Shew'd erring ...
... Verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide , philosopher , and friend ? That , urg'd by thee , I turn'd the tuneful art From sounds to things , from fancy to the heart ; For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light , Shew'd erring ...
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... Verses to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court ] to attack in a very extraordinary manner , not only my writings , ( of which , being public , the public is judge ) but my ...
... Verses to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court ] to attack in a very extraordinary manner , not only my writings , ( of which , being public , the public is judge ) but my ...
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... verse and praise ; Nor , like a puppy , daggled thro ' the Town , To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; Nor at rehearsals sweat , and mouth'd , and cry'd , 225 With handkerchief and orange at my side ; But sick of fops , and ...
... verse and praise ; Nor , like a puppy , daggled thro ' the Town , To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; Nor at rehearsals sweat , and mouth'd , and cry'd , 225 With handkerchief and orange at my side ; But sick of fops , and ...
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... verse , and Queesnb'ry weeping o'er thy urn ! 260 Oh ! let me live my own , and die so too ! ( To live and die is all I have to do ; ) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease , And see what friends , and read what books , I please ; Above a ...
... verse , and Queesnb'ry weeping o'er thy urn ! 260 Oh ! let me live my own , and die so too ! ( To live and die is all I have to do ; ) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease , And see what friends , and read what books , I please ; Above a ...
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... verse , how well sog'er it flow , That tends to make one worthy man my foe , Give virtue scandal , innocence a fear , 280 285 Or from the soft - ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace , Insults fall'n ...
... verse , how well sog'er it flow , That tends to make one worthy man my foe , Give virtue scandal , innocence a fear , 280 285 Or from the soft - ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace , Insults fall'n ...
Términos y frases comunes
abused Æneid ancient atque Author bard Bavius Bless'd Boileau called character Charles Gildon charms Cibber court Curl dæmon declare Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness Dunciad Epic Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fate folly fool former edit genius gentle Gildon Goddess grace hæc hath Heav'n hero Homer honour Horace Iliad IMITATIONS JOHN DENNIS King knave laws Leonard Welsted Letter LEWIS THEOBALD live Lord lov'd mihi moral Muse neque never numbers nunc o'er octavo Ovid person pleas'd Poem Poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise Preface printed quæ Quam Queen Quid quod racter REMARKS rhyme saith satire Scriblerus shew SMIL soul Swift tamen thee Theobald thine thing thou thro tibi translated truth verse Virg Virgil virtue Volume Westminster Abbey Whig words writ write
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Página 142 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Página 40 - 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...
Página 45 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Página 235 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 40 - 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...
Página 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Página 64 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Página 34 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Página 44 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Página 36 - All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Tis sung, when Midas...