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... learned to handle his weapons by translating the ' Roman de la Rose , ' wrote , incidentally , brilliant satire , with that sly but genial humour and keen observation which are his . But he wrote it as a poet and a realist , as a ...
... learned to handle his weapons by translating the ' Roman de la Rose , ' wrote , incidentally , brilliant satire , with that sly but genial humour and keen observation which are his . But he wrote it as a poet and a realist , as a ...
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... learned by rote , And beastly Skelton heads of houses quote . ' Pope , ' Imitations of Horace , ' Bk . II . , Ep . i . 38 . His note is even more unfair : ' Skelton , poet laureat to Henry VIII . , a volume of whose verses has been ...
... learned by rote , And beastly Skelton heads of houses quote . ' Pope , ' Imitations of Horace , ' Bk . II . , Ep . i . 38 . His note is even more unfair : ' Skelton , poet laureat to Henry VIII . , a volume of whose verses has been ...
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... learned and voluminous Bishop Hall . 6 ' 4 Like Donne , Hall thought it necessary for a satire to be hard of conceit and harsh of style ' ; 5 but , for all that , he lets us see that he is a master of style , and the fabric of the ...
... learned and voluminous Bishop Hall . 6 ' 4 Like Donne , Hall thought it necessary for a satire to be hard of conceit and harsh of style ' ; 5 but , for all that , he lets us see that he is a master of style , and the fabric of the ...
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... learned to make my greatest wrongs Matter for mirth and subjects for my songs . ' Sir John Denham does not owe his position 1615-1688 . in English literature to his satires . He had at the best but a thin vein of cynical wit , which was ...
... learned to make my greatest wrongs Matter for mirth and subjects for my songs . ' Sir John Denham does not owe his position 1615-1688 . in English literature to his satires . He had at the best but a thin vein of cynical wit , which was ...
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... learned piece of argumentative work , but inferior to ' The Rehearsal Transprosed . ' Few dramas have given rise to so vast and so unceasing a succession of works , good and bad , as Buckingham's brilliant skit , ' The Rehearsal ' ; 2 ...
... learned piece of argumentative work , but inferior to ' The Rehearsal Transprosed . ' Few dramas have given rise to so vast and so unceasing a succession of works , good and bad , as Buckingham's brilliant skit , ' The Rehearsal ' ; 2 ...
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Page 211 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer...
Page 250 - Dictionary 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 280 - 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 279 - 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 192 - 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 172 - 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 173 - The wrong, than others the right way; Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 234 - 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 216 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 207 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools.