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... used to mention many pleasing inftances . His wife was living at Ecclefhall , 1783 , ninety years old , and knew many anec- dotes of Pope . VER . 1. Shut , but the door , ] This abrupt exordium is animated and dramatic . Our Poet ...
... used to mention many pleasing inftances . His wife was living at Ecclefhall , 1783 , ninety years old , and knew many anec- dotes of Pope . VER . 1. Shut , but the door , ] This abrupt exordium is animated and dramatic . Our Poet ...
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... used in a letter to Thomson when he was in Italy , and transferred from him to Arbuthnot , which naturally displeased the former , though they lived always on terms of civility and friendship and Pope earneftly exerted himself , and used ...
... used in a letter to Thomson when he was in Italy , and transferred from him to Arbuthnot , which naturally displeased the former , though they lived always on terms of civility and friendship and Pope earneftly exerted himself , and used ...
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... used to say , that he began to write verses further back than he could remember . When he was eight years old , Ogilby's Homer fell in his way , and delighted him extremely ; it was followed by Sandys ' Ovid ; and the rap- tures these ...
... used to say , that he began to write verses further back than he could remember . When he was eight years old , Ogilby's Homer fell in his way , and delighted him extremely ; it was followed by Sandys ' Ovid ; and the rap- tures these ...
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... used to say pleasantly , that he had literally followed the example of Vir- gil , who tells us , Cum canerem reges et prælia , etc. W. All the circumstances of our Author's carly life , mentioned in this Note , were communicated by Mr ...
... used to say pleasantly , that he had literally followed the example of Vir- gil , who tells us , Cum canerem reges et prælia , etc. W. All the circumstances of our Author's carly life , mentioned in this Note , were communicated by Mr ...
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... used is exactly characteristical and peculiarly appropriated , with much art , to the temper and manner of each of the perfons here mentioned ; the elegance of Lanfdown , the open free benevolence and candour of Garth , the warmth of ...
... used is exactly characteristical and peculiarly appropriated , with much art , to the temper and manner of each of the perfons here mentioned ; the elegance of Lanfdown , the open free benevolence and candour of Garth , the warmth of ...
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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...