History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... been distinguished in the true profund , as in the true sublime . And the very Spoken by Falstaff of himself in Shakspeare's Merry Wives of Windsor . same same thing ( as it appears from Longinus ) had OF SINKING IN POETRY . 9.
... been distinguished in the true profund , as in the true sublime . And the very Spoken by Falstaff of himself in Shakspeare's Merry Wives of Windsor . same same thing ( as it appears from Longinus ) had OF SINKING IN POETRY . 9.
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Jonathan Swift. same thing ( as it appears from Longinus ) had been imagined of that , as now of this ; namely , that it was entirely the gift of nature . I grant , that to excel in the bathos a genius is requisite ; yet the rules of art ...
Jonathan Swift. same thing ( as it appears from Longinus ) had been imagined of that , as now of this ; namely , that it was entirely the gift of nature . I grant , that to excel in the bathos a genius is requisite ; yet the rules of art ...
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... appears be- tween arts and sciences , I doubt not , but an active catcher of butterflies , a careful and fanciful pattern- drawer , an industrious collector of shells , a laborious and tuneful bag - piper , or a diligent breeder of tame ...
... appears be- tween arts and sciences , I doubt not , but an active catcher of butterflies , a careful and fanciful pattern- drawer , an industrious collector of shells , a laborious and tuneful bag - piper , or a diligent breeder of tame ...
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... appear in plain light ( which is seldom ) they are only shapeless and ugly monsters . I. D. C. G. I. O. 7. The frogs are such , as can neither walk nor fly , but can leap and bound to admiration ; they live generally in the bottom of a ...
... appear in plain light ( which is seldom ) they are only shapeless and ugly monsters . I. D. C. G. I. O. 7. The frogs are such , as can neither walk nor fly , but can leap and bound to admiration ; they live generally in the bottom of a ...
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... appear , And needs the aid of no confed'rate pow'r * . Under the Article of the confounding we rank , 1. The MIXTURE OF FIGURES , which raises so many images , as to give you no image at all . But its principal beauty is , when it gives ...
... appear , And needs the aid of no confed'rate pow'r * . Under the Article of the confounding we rank , 1. The MIXTURE OF FIGURES , which raises so many images , as to give you no image at all . But its principal beauty is , when it gives ...
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Página 419 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 115 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light, Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or...
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Página 471 - Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Página 106 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Página 418 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 113 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Página 461 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Página 418 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...