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... writ . Of all examples by the world confessed , I knew Ardelia could not quote the best ; Who , like her mistress on Britannia's throne , Fights and subdues in quarrels not her own . To write their praise you but in vain essay ; E'en ...
... writ . Of all examples by the world confessed , I knew Ardelia could not quote the best ; Who , like her mistress on Britannia's throne , Fights and subdues in quarrels not her own . To write their praise you but in vain essay ; E'en ...
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... . 2 The person satirised is Ambrose Philips ( 1671- 1749 ) . 3 The borrowed play refers to Philips ' " The Dis- There he stopped short , nor since has writ a MISCELLANEOUS POEMS . 29 The Three Gentle Shepherds Macer: A Character Umbra.
... . 2 The person satirised is Ambrose Philips ( 1671- 1749 ) . 3 The borrowed play refers to Philips ' " The Dis- There he stopped short , nor since has writ a MISCELLANEOUS POEMS . 29 The Three Gentle Shepherds Macer: A Character Umbra.
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Alexander Pope George Ravenscroft Dennis. There he stopped short , nor since has writ a tittle , But has the wit to make the most of little : Like stunted hide - bound trees , that just have got Sufficient sap at once to bear and rot ...
Alexander Pope George Ravenscroft Dennis. There he stopped short , nor since has writ a tittle , But has the wit to make the most of little : Like stunted hide - bound trees , that just have got Sufficient sap at once to bear and rot ...
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... writ- ten a line of any man , which , through Guilt , through Shame , or through Fear , through variety of Fortune , or change of Interests , he was ever unwilling to own . I shall conclude with remarking what a plea- sure it must be to ...
... writ- ten a line of any man , which , through Guilt , through Shame , or through Fear , through variety of Fortune , or change of Interests , he was ever unwilling to own . I shall conclude with remarking what a plea- sure it must be to ...
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... writ in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John Denham : The author of it is obscure , is ambiguous , is affected , is temerarious , is barbarous . " 2 1 Letter to B. B. at the end of the Remarks on Pope's Homer , 1717.-P. 2 Printed ...
... writ in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John Denham : The author of it is obscure , is ambiguous , is affected , is temerarious , is barbarous . " 2 1 Letter to B. B. at the end of the Remarks on Pope's Homer , 1717.-P. 2 Printed ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abused Addison Æneid Alluding Ambrose Philips ancient bard Bavius behold Bishop Book Booksellers called CARDELIA character Cibber Codrus Concanen Court cried Curl declared Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness Dunce Dunciad Earl edition Epic EPIGRAM Epistle Essay on Criticism eyes fame famous fate fool genius gentle gentleman Gildon give Goddess grace hath head hear Hero Homer honour Horace Houyhnhnm Iliad Imitations John JOHN DENNIS John Dunton King labour Lady Laureate learned LEONARD WELSTED Letter LEWIS THEOBALD living Lord MIST'S JOURNAL Moral Muse Nature never o'er occasion Opera Ovid paper persons play poem Poet poetical Poetry Pope Pope's praise printed published Queen reader rhymes saith satire says Scriblerus Shakespear sleep SMILINDA sons soul sure thee Theobald thine things thou Throne translated verse Virg Virgil virtue Welsted whole words writ write youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 280 - Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Página 248 - To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence,' As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath; And keep them in the pale of Words till death...
Página 243 - Hibernian shore. 70 And now had Fame's posterior trumpet blown, And all the nations summon'd to the throne : The young, the old, who feel her inward sway, One instinct seizes, and transports away. None need a guide, by sure attraction led, And strong impulsive gravity of head : None want a place, for all their centre found, Hung to the goddess, and cohered around.
Página 242 - But soon, ah soon, rebellion will commence, If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms, lo ! giant Handel stands, Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands ; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he comes, And Jove's own thunders follow Mars's drums, Arrest him, empress ; or you sleep no more...
Página 16 - And sensible soft melancholy. "Has she no faults then, (Envy says) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Página 227 - Immortal Rich! how calm he sits at ease 'Mid snows of paper, and fierce hail of pease; And proud his Mistress' orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Página 190 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The King of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Página 255 - We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse: Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce: Or set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance.
Página 172 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Página 48 - tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes.