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... excellent ; the satire is more salt than bitter , and what bitterness there may be is due rather to the facts than to the expression . Sir Thomas Wyatt may claim the distinction of being our first classical satirist . He gives us the ...
... excellent ; the satire is more salt than bitter , and what bitterness there may be is due rather to the facts than to the expression . Sir Thomas Wyatt may claim the distinction of being our first classical satirist . He gives us the ...
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... excellent wit ' of Butler , of which he himself speaks so generously . But beneath these qualities there is also a feeling of true patriotism , which raises the tone above that of Hudibras . ' His point of view , we feel , is not that ...
... excellent wit ' of Butler , of which he himself speaks so generously . But beneath these qualities there is also a feeling of true patriotism , which raises the tone above that of Hudibras . ' His point of view , we feel , is not that ...
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... excellent as his philosophy and his theories are ridiculous . He has no gift for general moralizing . When he declares that the proper study of mankind is man , man means with him Bolingbroke , Walpole , Swift , Curll , and Theo- bald ...
... excellent as his philosophy and his theories are ridiculous . He has no gift for general moralizing . When he declares that the proper study of mankind is man , man means with him Bolingbroke , Walpole , Swift , Curll , and Theo- bald ...
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... excellent than we . Man is not man by virtue of his form , but by virtue of his right reason.1 St. Paul - or are we to say Apollos ? -teaches that each time a man does wrong he sins against the divine nature within him , and crucifies ...
... excellent than we . Man is not man by virtue of his form , but by virtue of his right reason.1 St. Paul - or are we to say Apollos ? -teaches that each time a man does wrong he sins against the divine nature within him , and crucifies ...
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... excellent fooling.2 His attacks are often coarse , sometimes disguised by subtle irony , sometimes breaking out into furious volleys of abuse ; but they are sincere . He has command alike of vituperation and of sarcasm . His gross wit ...
... excellent fooling.2 His attacks are often coarse , sometimes disguised by subtle irony , sometimes breaking out into furious volleys of abuse ; but they are sincere . He has command alike of vituperation and of sarcasm . His gross wit ...
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Page 282 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Page 252 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 281 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 252 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 194 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 174 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 283 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle them back.
Page 175 - The wrong, than others the right way; Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 236 - He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, 'which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose ; his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic. He...
Page 283 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting.