Juvenile poemsA. Millar, 1757 |
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... critic , or inadvertent and cenforious " reader . And no hand can fet them in so good a light . " & c . Let . cxx . to Mr. W. b " I also give and bequeath to the faid Mr. Warbur- " ton , the property of all fuch of my Works already ...
... critic , or inadvertent and cenforious " reader . And no hand can fet them in so good a light . " & c . Let . cxx . to Mr. W. b " I also give and bequeath to the faid Mr. Warbur- " ton , the property of all fuch of my Works already ...
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... Critic fuppofes he has done his part , if he proves a writer to have failed in an expreffion , or erred in any particular point : and can it then be won- dered at , if the Poets in general feem refolved not to own themselves in any ...
... Critic fuppofes he has done his part , if he proves a writer to have failed in an expreffion , or erred in any particular point : and can it then be won- dered at , if the Poets in general feem refolved not to own themselves in any ...
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... Critic for a Writer's en- deavour , for the most part , is to please his Readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment ; but fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humour ; a defign he could never go upon ...
... Critic for a Writer's en- deavour , for the most part , is to please his Readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment ; but fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humour ; a defign he could never go upon ...
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... Critic can be fo unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employment , or more agreeable amufement ? The only plea I fhall ufe for the favour of the public , is , that I have as great a refpect for it , as ...
... Critic can be fo unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employment , or more agreeable amufement ? The only plea I fhall ufe for the favour of the public , is , that I have as great a refpect for it , as ...
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... ; or , when I could not attack a Rival's works , encouraged reports against his Morals . To conclude , if this volume perifh , let it ferve as a VOL . I. b warning to the Critics , not to take too much PREFACE . xvii.
... ; or , when I could not attack a Rival's works , encouraged reports against his Morals . To conclude , if this volume perifh , let it ferve as a VOL . I. b warning to the Critics , not to take too much PREFACE . xvii.
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Page 84 - 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.
Page 187 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Page 50 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 44 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Page 171 - Then gay Ideas crowd the vacant brain, While Peers, and Dukes, and all their sweeping train, And Garters, Stars, and Coronets appear...
Page xv - All that is left us is to recommend our productions by the imitation of the ancients ; and it will be found true that, in every age, the highest character for sense and learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them.
Page 112 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Page 119 - The manners, passions, unities, what not? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a combat in the lists left out. "What! leave the combat out?" exclaims the knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. "Not so, by Heaven" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage.
Page 177 - 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 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 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Page 211 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show?