History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... physical maxim ; that poetry is a natural or morbid secretion from the brain . As I would not suddenly stop a cold in the head , or dry up my neigh- bour's B 4 bour's issue , I would as little hinder him from OF SINKING IN POETRY . 7.
... physical maxim ; that poetry is a natural or morbid secretion from the brain . As I would not suddenly stop a cold in the head , or dry up my neigh- bour's B 4 bour's issue , I would as little hinder him from OF SINKING IN POETRY . 7.
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... head from all the ideas , ways , and work- ings of that pestilent foe to wit , and destroyer of fine figures , which is known by the name of common sense . His business must be to contract the true goût de travers ; and to acquire a ...
... head from all the ideas , ways , and work- ings of that pestilent foe to wit , and destroyer of fine figures , which is known by the name of common sense . His business must be to contract the true goût de travers ; and to acquire a ...
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... head where his heels should be ; how are they struck with transport and delight ! which can only be imputed to this cause , that each object is changed into that which hath been suggested to them by their own low ideas before . He ought ...
... head where his heels should be ; how are they struck with transport and delight ! which can only be imputed to this cause , that each object is changed into that which hath been suggested to them by their own low ideas before . He ought ...
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... heads above water . E. W. I. M. Esq . T. D. gent . 8. The eels are obscure authors , that wrap them- selves up in their own mud , but are mighty nimble and pert . L. W. L. T. P. M. general C. 9. The tortoises are slow and chill , and ...
... heads above water . E. W. I. M. Esq . T. D. gent . 8. The eels are obscure authors , that wrap them- selves up in their own mud , but are mighty nimble and pert . L. W. L. T. P. M. general C. 9. The tortoises are slow and chill , and ...
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... heads imagine they may be safe by temporizing between the extremes ) that where there is not a triticalness or mediocrity in the thought , it can never be sunk into the genuine and perfect bathos by the most elaborate low expression ...
... heads imagine they may be safe by temporizing between the extremes ) that where there is not a triticalness or mediocrity in the thought , it can never be sunk into the genuine and perfect bathos by the most elaborate low expression ...
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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 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...