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... Such Notes as have occurred to me I herewith fend you : You will oblige me by inferting them amongst those which are , or will be , tranfmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even ftrangers , appear engaged ...
... Such Notes as have occurred to me I herewith fend you : You will oblige me by inferting them amongst those which are , or will be , tranfmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even ftrangers , appear engaged ...
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... such accufers , or if they had only meddled with his Writ- ings ; fince whoever publifhes , puts himself on his trial by his Country . But when his Moral character was attacked , and in a mariner from which neither truth nor virtue can ...
... such accufers , or if they had only meddled with his Writ- ings ; fince whoever publifhes , puts himself on his trial by his Country . But when his Moral character was attacked , and in a mariner from which neither truth nor virtue can ...
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... Such as claim a merit from being his Admirers I would gladly afk , if it lays him under a perfonal ob- ligation ? At that rate he would be the most obliged humble fervant in the world . I dare fwear for these in particular , he never ...
... Such as claim a merit from being his Admirers I would gladly afk , if it lays him under a perfonal ob- ligation ? At that rate he would be the most obliged humble fervant in the world . I dare fwear for these in particular , he never ...
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... such who were ftrangers to our author ; the former are those who speak well , and the other those who speak evil of him . Of the first clafs , the most noble JOHN Duke of BUCKINGHAM fums up his character in thefe lines : " b And yet fo ...
... such who were ftrangers to our author ; the former are those who speak well , and the other those who speak evil of him . Of the first clafs , the most noble JOHN Duke of BUCKINGHAM fums up his character in thefe lines : " b And yet fo ...
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... Such , Sir , is your work . It is , indeed , above all " commendation , and ought to have been published in an age and country more worthy of it . If my tefti- mony be of weight any where , you are fure to have it " in the ampleft ...
... Such , Sir , is your work . It is , indeed , above all " commendation , and ought to have been published in an age and country more worthy of it . If my tefti- mony be of weight any where , you are fure to have it " in the ampleft ...
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Page xxi - And here give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so well enlarged upon in the preface to his works: That wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.
Page 167 - The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.
Page 227 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 134 - My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 192 - For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er.
Page 159 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
Page 146 - Thence a new world to Nature's laws unknown, Breaks out refulgent, with a heav'n its own : Another Cynthia her new journey runs, And other planets circle other suns. The forests dance, the rivers upward rise 245 Whales sport in woods, and dolphins in the skies ; And last, to give the whole creation grace, Lo ! one vast egg produces human race. Joy fills his soul, joy innocent of thought ; What pow'r, he cries, what pow'r these wonders wrought?
Page 180 - When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, Points him two ways, the narrower is the better. Plac'd at the door of Learning, youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too wide.
Page 27 - Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play...
Page 159 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and...