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... Moft mufical , moft melancholy ! Thee oft the lonely woods among I woo to hear thy evening fong ; And think thy thrilling ftrains have power To raise Mufæus from his bower ; Or bid the tender Spenfer come From his lov'd haunt , fair ...
... Moft mufical , moft melancholy ! Thee oft the lonely woods among I woo to hear thy evening fong ; And think thy thrilling ftrains have power To raise Mufæus from his bower ; Or bid the tender Spenfer come From his lov'd haunt , fair ...
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... moft exquisite taste in literature , I mean Sir William Blackftone ; who thus concludes this vindication : " Nothing furely could justify so deep a resentment , unless the story be true of the commerce between Addison and Gildon ; which ...
... moft exquisite taste in literature , I mean Sir William Blackftone ; who thus concludes this vindication : " Nothing furely could justify so deep a resentment , unless the story be true of the commerce between Addison and Gildon ; which ...
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... moft when he is moft out of humour with the court . He has made very free with his gracious majefty , in the Epiftle to Auguftus . But he had loft his favourite bill ; even my Lord Harvey had carried a point against him ; and while he ...
... moft when he is moft out of humour with the court . He has made very free with his gracious majefty , in the Epiftle to Auguftus . But he had loft his favourite bill ; even my Lord Harvey had carried a point against him ; and while he ...
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... moft - valued pieces , Don Sebaftian , writ many years after the in- genious author of the Rehearsal had drawn his picture . " I r member to have heard my father fay , that Mr. Elijah Fenton , who D 3 re- was But still the Great have ...
... moft - valued pieces , Don Sebaftian , writ many years after the in- genious author of the Rehearsal had drawn his picture . " I r member to have heard my father fay , that Mr. Elijah Fenton , who D 3 re- was But still the Great have ...
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... moft commonly , it was formed on that of half a dozen people in fashion ; who took the lead , and who fometimes have intruded on the Town the dullest performances for works of wit : while , at the fame time , fome true effort of genius ...
... moft commonly , it was formed on that of half a dozen people in fashion ; who took the lead , and who fometimes have intruded on the Town the dullest performances for works of wit : while , at the fame time , fome true effort of genius ...
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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...