The Dunciad, in four booksA. Millar, 1757 |
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... Variation ! We are told in 66 66 MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 . " That this tranflation of the Iliad was not in all re- fpects conformable to the fine tafte of his friend Mr. " Addison ; infomuch that he employed a younger muse , " in an ...
... Variation ! We are told in 66 66 MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 . " That this tranflation of the Iliad was not in all re- fpects conformable to the fine tafte of his friend Mr. " Addison ; infomuch that he employed a younger muse , " in an ...
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... VARIATIONS . VER . 1. The Mighty Mother , & c . ] in the firft Edit . it was thus , Books and the Man I fing , the firft who brings The Smithfield Mufes to the Ear of Kings . Say , great Patricians ! fince yourselves inspire Thefe wond ...
... VARIATIONS . VER . 1. The Mighty Mother , & c . ] in the firft Edit . it was thus , Books and the Man I fing , the firft who brings The Smithfield Mufes to the Ear of Kings . Say , great Patricians ! fince yourselves inspire Thefe wond ...
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... VARIATIONS . After VER . 22. in the MS . Or in the graver Gown inftruct mankind , Or filent let thy morals tell thy mind . But this was to be understood , as the Poet fays , ironicè , like the 23d Verfe . REMARK S. VER . 20. Drapier ...
... VARIATIONS . After VER . 22. in the MS . Or in the graver Gown inftruct mankind , Or filent let thy morals tell thy mind . But this was to be understood , as the Poet fays , ironicè , like the 23d Verfe . REMARK S. VER . 20. Drapier ...
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... VARIATIONS . VER . 29. Close to thofe Walls , & c . ] In the former Edd . thus , Where wave the tatter'd enfigns of Rag - fair , A yawning ruin hangs and nods in air ; Keen hollow winds howl thro ' the bleak recefs , Emblem of Mufic ...
... VARIATIONS . VER . 29. Close to thofe Walls , & c . ] In the former Edd . thus , Where wave the tatter'd enfigns of Rag - fair , A yawning ruin hangs and nods in air ; Keen hollow winds howl thro ' the bleak recefs , Emblem of Mufic ...
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... VARIATIONS . Fronte fub adverfa fcopulis pendentibus antrum : Intus aquæ dulces , vivoque fedilia faxo` ; Nympharum domus . May we not fay in like manner , " The nymphs must be " the waters and the ftones , or the waters and the ftones ...
... VARIATIONS . Fronte fub adverfa fcopulis pendentibus antrum : Intus aquæ dulces , vivoque fedilia faxo` ; Nympharum domus . May we not fay in like manner , " The nymphs must be " the waters and the ftones , or the waters and the ftones ...
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Page 31 - Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play ; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipp'd through cracks and zig-zags of the head ; All that on Folly Frenzy could beget, Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit.
Page 200 - We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse: Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce: Or set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance.
Page xxi - ... or science, which have not been touched upon by others; we have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights. If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry...
Page 24 - In merry old England it once was a rule, The King had his Poet, and also his Fool : But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Cibber can serve both for Fool and for Poet.
Page 198 - 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 185 - As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain; Confine the thought, to exercise the breath; And keep them in the pale of Words till death.
Page 170 - 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 194 - Scholiast, whose unweary'd pains Made Horace dull, and humbled Milton's strains. Turn what they will to Verse, their toil is vain, Critics like me shall make it Prose again. Roman and Greek Grammarians! know your Better: Author of something yet more great than Letter; While tow'ring o'er your Alphabet, like Saul, Stands our Digamma, and o'er-tops them all.
Page 134 - Silence, ye wolves ! while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous — Answer him, ye owls ! " Sense, speech, and measure, living tongues and dead, Let all give way, and Morris may be read.
Page 166 - YET, yet a moment, one dim Ray of Light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night ! Of darkness visible so much be lent, As half to shew, half veil, the deep Intent.