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... human frailty . A more carefully constructed plot would not have offered the same free scope . The poem becomes more picaresque as it progresses ; and in this way Butler rises more and more above mere partisanship , and finds occasion ...
... human frailty . A more carefully constructed plot would not have offered the same free scope . The poem becomes more picaresque as it progresses ; and in this way Butler rises more and more above mere partisanship , and finds occasion ...
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... human nature , chasten- ing manners rather than the source of them in the soul . Pope's position in literature is that in this . province he is perfect in execution and pre - emi- nent in wit . His success was the apotheosis of point ...
... human nature , chasten- ing manners rather than the source of them in the soul . Pope's position in literature is that in this . province he is perfect in execution and pre - emi- nent in wit . His success was the apotheosis of point ...
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... human interests of all ages . His suggestions are often eminently practical , and much in advance of his day . * 1 ' There is something in your look so awful that it strikes me dumb . ' ' You strike me with that prodigious awe I tremble ...
... human interests of all ages . His suggestions are often eminently practical , and much in advance of his day . * 1 ' There is something in your look so awful that it strikes me dumb . ' ' You strike me with that prodigious awe I tremble ...
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... human pride . Light and amusing at first , it becomes more severe as it progresses , till in the description of the Yahoos it reaches a pitch of savage intensity . The author strips the rags from shivering humanity . Beneath the ...
... human pride . Light and amusing at first , it becomes more severe as it progresses , till in the description of the Yahoos it reaches a pitch of savage intensity . The author strips the rags from shivering humanity . Beneath the ...
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... human race . It teaches a very definite and moral lesson - that the greatness of humanity lies in mind , mind that is set on righteousness . Without it we are as the beasts that perish ; with it , even horses are more excellent than we ...
... human race . It teaches a very definite and moral lesson - that the greatness of humanity lies in mind , mind that is set on righteousness . Without it we are as the beasts that perish ; with it , even horses are more excellent than we ...
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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.