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Page 17
... Lives fo interefting as well as inftructive . What Addison fays in jeft , and with his ufual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a ...
... Lives fo interefting as well as inftructive . What Addison fays in jeft , and with his ufual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a ...
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... lives on fyllables , NOTES . 166 Ev'n When in these latter ages , human learning raised its head in the Weft ; and its tail , verbal criticism , was , of course , to rise with it ; the madness of Critics foon became fo offenfive , that ...
... lives on fyllables , NOTES . 166 Ev'n When in these latter ages , human learning raised its head in the Weft ; and its tail , verbal criticism , was , of course , to rise with it ; the madness of Critics foon became fo offenfive , that ...
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... lives on theft , Steals much , fpends little , yet has nothing left : 184 And He , who now to fenfe , now nonsense leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : And He , whofe fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It is not Poetry ...
... lives on theft , Steals much , fpends little , yet has nothing left : 184 And He , who now to fenfe , now nonsense leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : And He , whofe fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It is not Poetry ...
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... live with ease : NOTES . fon was always commending moderation ; warned his friend against a blind attachment to party ; and blamed Steele for his indiscreet zeal . The translation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recom- mended it to ...
... live with ease : NOTES . fon was always commending moderation ; warned his friend against a blind attachment to party ; and blamed Steele for his indiscreet zeal . The translation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recom- mended it to ...
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... Gay , and told him he had in- jured him ; probably with respect to his gaining some employment " but , " , " faid he , " if I recover I will endeavour to re- compenfe you . " at court ; Oh let me live my own , and die fo PROLOGUE.
... Gay , and told him he had in- jured him ; probably with respect to his gaining some employment " but , " , " faid he , " if I recover I will endeavour to re- compenfe you . " at court ; Oh let me live my own , and die fo PROLOGUE.
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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.
Page 7 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
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...
Page 398 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
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...