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... thoughts of undertaking an Epic Poem , which however proved abortive . In the interim , feveral of his familiar letters having ftolen into public without his privacy , he published a genuine collection of them in 1737. About this time ...
... thoughts of undertaking an Epic Poem , which however proved abortive . In the interim , feveral of his familiar letters having ftolen into public without his privacy , he published a genuine collection of them in 1737. About this time ...
Page xi
... thought themfelves constrained , till he obliterated the unkindness by a difplay of ample munificence . When the repait was ended , he ufually withdrew from table , lea- ving his friends for the feclufion of study , or the indulgence of ...
... thought themfelves constrained , till he obliterated the unkindness by a difplay of ample munificence . When the repait was ended , he ufually withdrew from table , lea- ving his friends for the feclufion of study , or the indulgence of ...
Page xvii
... thought of outwitting " Bolingbroke . ล In familiar or convivial converfation , it does " not appear that he excelled . He may be faid " to have resembled Dryden , as being not one that was diftinguished by vivacity in company . It is ...
... thought of outwitting " Bolingbroke . ล In familiar or convivial converfation , it does " not appear that he excelled . He may be faid " to have resembled Dryden , as being not one that was diftinguished by vivacity in company . It is ...
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... thoughts are plain , yet admit a little quickness and passion , but that short and flowing : the expreffion hum- ́ble , yet as pure as the language will afford ; neat , but not florid ; eafy , and yet lively . In fhort , the fable ...
... thoughts are plain , yet admit a little quickness and passion , but that short and flowing : the expreffion hum- ́ble , yet as pure as the language will afford ; neat , but not florid ; eafy , and yet lively . In fhort , the fable ...
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... thoughts ftruck out at ev'ry line ; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit , One glaring chaos and wild heap ... thought , but ne'er fo well express'd ; Something , whose truth convinc'd at fight we find , That gives us back the ...
... thoughts ftruck out at ev'ry line ; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit , One glaring chaos and wild heap ... thought , but ne'er fo well express'd ; Something , whose truth convinc'd at fight we find , That gives us back the ...
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Page 90 - Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 33 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 153 - 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...
Page 98 - 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; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err...
Page 45 - All side in parties, and begin th' attack; Fans clap, silks rustle, and tough whalebones crack; Heroes' and heroines' shouts confus'dly rise, And bass and treble voices strike the skies. No common weapons in their hands are found, Like gods they fight, nor dread a mortal wound. So when bold Homer makes the gods engage...
Page 166 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Page 49 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show...
Page 120 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 34 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 90 - Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.