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... spirit , taste , and sense .. 160 Comma's and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From slashing Bentley down to pidling Tibalds : NOTES . VER ...
... spirit , taste , and sense .. 160 Comma's and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From slashing Bentley down to pidling Tibalds : NOTES . VER ...
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... for ought we know , in the Character or History of Cervius which might bring up that line to the spirit and poinancy of the 82d verse of the Imitation . 2 Ut , quo quisque valet , suspectos terreat , Sat. I. OF HORACE 47.
... for ought we know , in the Character or History of Cervius which might bring up that line to the spirit and poinancy of the 82d verse of the Imitation . 2 Ut , quo quisque valet , suspectos terreat , Sat. I. OF HORACE 47.
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... Only the line , Uni aequus virtuti atque ejus amicis , loses something of its spirit in the imitation ; for the amici , referred to , were Scipio and Laelius . 1 Quin ubi se a vulgo et scena in fecreta E 2 Sat. I. OF HORACE . 51.
... Only the line , Uni aequus virtuti atque ejus amicis , loses something of its spirit in the imitation ; for the amici , referred to , were Scipio and Laelius . 1 Quin ubi se a vulgo et scena in fecreta E 2 Sat. I. OF HORACE . 51.
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... spirits light as air . * How pale , each Worshipful and Rev'rend guest Rife from a Clergy , or a City feaft ! VOL . IV . * F 75 Coena defurgat dubia ? quin corpus onustum Hesternis vitiis animum Sat. II . OF HORACE . 65.
... spirits light as air . * How pale , each Worshipful and Rev'rend guest Rife from a Clergy , or a City feaft ! VOL . IV . * F 75 Coena defurgat dubia ? quin corpus onustum Hesternis vitiis animum Sat. II . OF HORACE . 65.
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... spirit to the easy elegance of the Original . VER . 82. On morning wings etc. ] Much happier and nobler than the Original . VER . 87. Ortir'd in search of Truth , or fearch of Rhyme . ] A fine ridicule on the extravagance of human ...
... spirit to the easy elegance of the Original . VER . 82. On morning wings etc. ] Much happier and nobler than the Original . VER . 87. Ortir'd in search of Truth , or fearch of Rhyme . ] A fine ridicule on the extravagance of human ...
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Page 5 - Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 255 - 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 touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 24 - Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.
Page 231 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the Venal tribe, Smile without Art, and win without a Bribe. Would he oblige me ? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 5 - 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.
Page 16 - 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...
Page 29 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age. No courts he saw, no suits would ever try, Nor dar'd an oath, nor hazarded a lie.
Page 155 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.
Page 23 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...