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... most of these Authors had been ( doubtless very wifely ) the first aggreffors . They had tried , ' till they were weary , what was to be got by railing at each other : Nobody was either con- cerned or furprized , if this or that ...
... most of these Authors had been ( doubtless very wifely ) the first aggreffors . They had tried , ' till they were weary , what was to be got by railing at each other : Nobody was either con- cerned or furprized , if this or that ...
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... most innocent , in a manner , which , though it annihilates the credit of the accufation with the juft and impartial , yet aggra- vates very much the guilt of the accufers ; I mean by Authors without names ; then I thought , fince the ...
... most innocent , in a manner , which , though it annihilates the credit of the accufation with the juft and impartial , yet aggra- vates very much the guilt of the accufers ; I mean by Authors without names ; then I thought , fince the ...
Page viii
... most obliged humble fervant in the world . I dare fwear for these in particular , he never defired them to be his admi- rers , nor promised in return to be theirs : That had truly been a fign he was of their acquaintance ; but would not ...
... most obliged humble fervant in the world . I dare fwear for these in particular , he never defired them to be his admi- rers , nor promised in return to be theirs : That had truly been a fign he was of their acquaintance ; but would not ...
Page ix
... most candid fatirifts , from the Codrus of JUVENAL to the Damon of BOILEAU . Having mentioned BOILEAU , the greatest Poet and moft judicious Critic of his age and country , admirable for his Talents , and yet perhaps more ad- mirable ...
... most candid fatirifts , from the Codrus of JUVENAL to the Damon of BOILEAU . Having mentioned BOILEAU , the greatest Poet and moft judicious Critic of his age and country , admirable for his Talents , and yet perhaps more ad- mirable ...
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... most eminent rank and abilities in their respective nations b . But the refemblance holds in nothing more , than in their being equally abufed by the ignorant pretenders to Poetry of their times ; of which not the leaft me- mory will ...
... most eminent rank and abilities in their respective nations b . But the refemblance holds in nothing more , than in their being equally abufed by the ignorant pretenders to Poetry of their times ; of which not the leaft me- mory will ...
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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...