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... called the Virgin Queen , by Mr. R. Barford , published 1729 , who difpleafed Pope ALLUSION . VER . 43. Rhymes ere he wakes , ] " Dictates to me flumb'ring , or infpires by Eafy my unpremeditated Verfe . " MILTON . If I diflike it ...
... called the Virgin Queen , by Mr. R. Barford , published 1729 , who difpleafed Pope ALLUSION . VER . 43. Rhymes ere he wakes , ] " Dictates to me flumb'ring , or infpires by Eafy my unpremeditated Verfe . " MILTON . If I diflike it ...
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... called the Affembly . 1726 . VER . 69. ' Tis fung , when Midas ' ] The abruptnefs with which this story from Perfius is introduced , occafions an obfcurity in the paffage ; for there is no connection with the foregoing paragraph ...
... called the Affembly . 1726 . VER . 69. ' Tis fung , when Midas ' ] The abruptnefs with which this story from Perfius is introduced , occafions an obfcurity in the paffage ; for there is no connection with the foregoing paragraph ...
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... called . A compofition , in his opinion , as abfurd as a feast made up of fauces . The office of a picturefque imagination is to brighten and adorn good sense ; so that to employ it only in defcription , is like children's delighting in ...
... called . A compofition , in his opinion , as abfurd as a feast made up of fauces . The office of a picturefque imagination is to brighten and adorn good sense ; so that to employ it only in defcription , is like children's delighting in ...
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... called the Perfian Tales , a book full of fancy and imagination . P. Philips , certainly not a very animated or first - rate writer , yet appears not to deserve quite so much contempt , if we look at his first and fifth paftoral , his ...
... called the Perfian Tales , a book full of fancy and imagination . P. Philips , certainly not a very animated or first - rate writer , yet appears not to deserve quite so much contempt , if we look at his first and fifth paftoral , his ...
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... called A narrative of his madness . Thus things continued till Mr. Pope's growing reputation , and fuperior genius in Poetry , gave umbrage to his friend's false deli- cacy and then it was he encouraged Philips and others ( fee his ...
... called A narrative of his madness . Thus things continued till Mr. Pope's growing reputation , and fuperior genius in Poetry , gave umbrage to his friend's false deli- cacy and then it was he encouraged Philips and others ( fee his ...
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Page 337 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
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Page 54 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Page 316 - Hear her black trumpet through the land proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a...
Page 77 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Page 79 - There my Retreat, the best Companions grace, Chiefs out of War, and Statesmen out of Place. There ST JOHN mingles with my friendly Bowl, The Feast of Reason, and the Flow of Soul. And HE, whose Lightning pierc'd th...
Page 207 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.
Page 379 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other Epic Poets have...
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Page 50 - If on a Pillory, or near a Throne, He gain his Prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit; This dreaded...