History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... of Mr. Pope Inscription on the Picture of Dr. Swift Testimonies respecting the Character of Dr. Swift .. • 463 ib . ib . 464 ib . 465 467 470 .. 471 • ib . . 472 • 473 2000 in 1988 od 13. Spesantes , MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS ΠΕΡΙ iv CONTENTS .
... of Mr. Pope Inscription on the Picture of Dr. Swift Testimonies respecting the Character of Dr. Swift .. • 463 ib . ib . 464 ib . 465 467 470 .. 471 • ib . . 472 • 473 2000 in 1988 od 13. Spesantes , MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS ΠΕΡΙ iv CONTENTS .
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... characters of each . I DOUBT not , but the reader , by this cloud of examples , begins to be convinced of the truth of our assertion , that the bathos is an art , and that the genius of no mortal whatever , following the mere ideas of ...
... characters of each . I DOUBT not , but the reader , by this cloud of examples , begins to be convinced of the truth of our assertion , that the bathos is an art , and that the genius of no mortal whatever , following the mere ideas of ...
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... characters , gather them from Homer and Virgil , and change the names as occa- sion serves . For the MACHINES . Take of deities , male and female , as many as you can use separate them into two equal parts , and keep Jupiter in the ...
... characters , gather them from Homer and Virgil , and change the names as occa- sion serves . For the MACHINES . Take of deities , male and female , as many as you can use separate them into two equal parts , and keep Jupiter in the ...
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... characters of each 16 VII . Of the profund , when it consists in the thought 19 VIII . Of the profund , consisting in the circumstances ; and of amplification and periphrase in general 22 IX . Of imitation , and the manner of imitating ...
... characters of each 16 VII . Of the profund , when it consists in the thought 19 VIII . Of the profund , consisting in the circumstances ; and of amplification and periphrase in general 22 IX . Of imitation , and the manner of imitating ...
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... characters . For the same reason I am sorry , that a certain prelate , who , notwithstanding his con- finement , still preserves his healthy , cheerful coun- tenance , cannot come in time to be a nurse at court . I likewise earnestly ...
... characters . For the same reason I am sorry , that a certain prelate , who , notwithstanding his con- finement , still preserves his healthy , cheerful coun- tenance , cannot come in time to be a nurse at court . I likewise earnestly ...
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Página 419 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
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...
Página 111 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
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...