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... thing in it the world , to distinguish good writers , by discou- raging the bad . Nor is it an ill - natured thing , in relation even to the very perfons upon whom the re- flections are made . It is true , it may deprive them , a little ...
... thing in it the world , to distinguish good writers , by discou- raging the bad . Nor is it an ill - natured thing , in relation even to the very perfons upon whom the re- flections are made . It is true , it may deprive them , a little ...
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... of the DUNCIAD . A Satire upon Dulness is a thing that has been ufed and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribler ! TESTIMONIES O F AUTHORS CONCERNING our POET and his WORK ( xvi )
... of the DUNCIAD . A Satire upon Dulness is a thing that has been ufed and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribler ! TESTIMONIES O F AUTHORS CONCERNING our POET and his WORK ( xvi )
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... things of little concern peradventure to thee , and fome of as lit- tle even to him , I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to infist upon fuch , and how material they feem to themfelves , if ...
... things of little concern peradventure to thee , and fome of as lit- tle even to him , I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to infist upon fuch , and how material they feem to themfelves , if ...
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... thing of the Effay on Criticism " in verse ; but if any more curious reader has difcovered Key to the Dunciad ( firft edit . faid to be printed for A. Dodd ) in the 10th page , declared Gildon to be author of that libel ; though in the ...
... thing of the Effay on Criticism " in verse ; but if any more curious reader has difcovered Key to the Dunciad ( firft edit . faid to be printed for A. Dodd ) in the 10th page , declared Gildon to be author of that libel ; though in the ...
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... things which plainly fhew , he " thought an Art of Poetry was of no use , even while he 66 was writing one . " 66 To all which great authorities , we can only oppose that of Mr. ADDISON . - " The Art of Criticism ( faith he ) which was ...
... things which plainly fhew , he " thought an Art of Poetry was of no use , even while he 66 was writing one . " 66 To all which great authorities , we can only oppose that of Mr. ADDISON . - " The Art of Criticism ( faith he ) which was ...
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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...