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... written the DUNCIAD . What has that faid of them ? A very serious truth , which the Public had faid before , that they were dull : And what it had no fooner said , but they themselves were at great pains to procure , or even purchase ...
... written the DUNCIAD . What has that faid of them ? A very serious truth , which the Public had faid before , that they were dull : And what it had no fooner said , but they themselves were at great pains to procure , or even purchase ...
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... written a line of any man , which , through Guilt , through Shame , or through Fear , through variety of Fortune , or change of Interefts , he was ever unwilling to own . As Mr. Wycherley , at the time the Town de- claimed against his ...
... written a line of any man , which , through Guilt , through Shame , or through Fear , through variety of Fortune , or change of Interefts , he was ever unwilling to own . As Mr. Wycherley , at the time the Town de- claimed against his ...
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... writing without one . CONCANEN , Ded . to the Author of the DUNCIAD . A Satire upon Dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribbler ! TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS ...
... writing without one . CONCANEN , Ded . to the Author of the DUNCIAD . A Satire upon Dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribbler ! TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS ...
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... writing the Life of our Poet , till authors can determine among themselves what Parents or Edu- cation he had , or whether he had any ... written by Dennis only . C 3 Proceed Proceed we to what is more certain , his Works OF AUTHORS . 21.
... writing the Life of our Poet , till authors can determine among themselves what Parents or Edu- cation he had , or whether he had any ... written by Dennis only . C 3 Proceed Proceed we to what is more certain , his Works OF AUTHORS . 21.
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... written by the mo- " derns on this ground - work , they do but hackney the " fame thoughts over again , making them ... writing one . " To all which great authorities , we can only oppose that of Mr. ADDISON . " The Art of Criticism ...
... written by the mo- " derns on this ground - work , they do but hackney the " fame thoughts over again , making them ... writing one . " To all which great authorities , we can only oppose that of Mr. ADDISON . " The Art of Criticism ...
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Page 212 - 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.
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Page 84 - There motley Images her fancy strike, Figures ill pair'd, and Similies unlike. She sees a Mob of Metaphors advance, Pleas'd with the madness of the mazy dance: How Tragedy and Comedy embrace; How Farce and Epic get a jumbled race; How Time himself stands still at her command, Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land.
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Page 24 - Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with in Aristotle, and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age. His way of expressing and applying them, not his invention of them, is what we are chiefly to admire.
Page 223 - 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 232 - 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 203 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Page 24 - ... mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights. If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which...