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... imagine a reasonable creature capable of . Gay's play , among the reft , has coft much time and long fuffering , to ftem a • tide of malice and party , that certain authors have raised againft it ; the best revenge upon fuch fellows ...
... imagine a reasonable creature capable of . Gay's play , among the reft , has coft much time and long fuffering , to ftem a • tide of malice and party , that certain authors have raised againft it ; the best revenge upon fuch fellows ...
Page 186
... and even they who were dazzled with it at first , are no fooner informed of its being an affec- tation , but they imagine it also a veil to cover imper- fection . I The The next point I ventured to speak on , was 186 PREFACE .
... and even they who were dazzled with it at first , are no fooner informed of its being an affec- tation , but they imagine it also a veil to cover imper- fection . I The The next point I ventured to speak on , was 186 PREFACE .
Page 196
... the envious action . I imagine it may be no ungrateful undertaking to write some account of celebrated perfon , from whom fo many derive their character this 196 The LIFE of ZOILUS . those that come after them, with refped to the ...
... the envious action . I imagine it may be no ungrateful undertaking to write some account of celebrated perfon , from whom fo many derive their character this 196 The LIFE of ZOILUS . those that come after them, with refped to the ...
Page 201
... imagine he fhould alters all Greece in their notions of wit before he left it . A 9 Upon his arrival , he found the field in its prepa ration for diverfion . The chariots stood for the race , carved and gilded , the horses were led in ...
... imagine he fhould alters all Greece in their notions of wit before he left it . A 9 Upon his arrival , he found the field in its prepa ration for diverfion . The chariots stood for the race , carved and gilded , the horses were led in ...
Page 222
... imagine a reafonable creature will not have the face to fay any thing which has not fome fhadow of reason to support it ; and run implicitly into the fnare which is laid for good nature , by these daring authors of definitive fentences ...
... imagine a reafonable creature will not have the face to fay any thing which has not fome fhadow of reason to support it ; and run implicitly into the fnare which is laid for good nature , by these daring authors of definitive fentences ...
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Ægypt againſt anſwer appear Bacchus beauty becauſe caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe cras amet croud defign defire eaſe envy ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fame faſhion fays feat feem feen felves fhade fhall fhew fhine fhort fhould fide fight filent filver fince fing firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes foon foul friendſhip Frogs ftill fubject fuch fuffer heart himſelf HOMER honour houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft laſt lefs Let thofe loft Mice moft moſt Moufe Mouſe Mufes muſt myſelf numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved paffage paffion Parnell paſs perfon Pervigilium Veneris pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope praife praiſe profe publiſhed quique amavit raiſe reafon reft rife ſcene Scriblerus club ſee ſhe ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe THOMAS PARNELL thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe Whoſe ZOILUS
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Page 88 - 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.
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Page 123 - Know God — and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
Page 134 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial...
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Page 121 - Through rocks amidst the foaming sea, To gain thy love, and then perceives Thou wert not in the rocks and waves ; The silent heart which grief assails, Treads soft and lonesome .o'er the vales, Sees daisies open, rivers run, And seeks (as I have vainly done,) Amusing thought ; but learns to know, That solitude's the nurse of woe.
Page 132 - Before the pilgrims part, the younger crept Near the clos'd cradle where an infant slept, And writh'd his neck.
Page 32 - Without a bunch behind. The story told, Sir Topaz mov'd, The youth of Edith erst approv'd, To see the revel scene : At close of eve he leaves his home, And wends to find the ruin'd dome, All on the gloomy plain. As there he bides, it...