The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and SheridanA. Constable, 1814 |
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... remarkable that Swift highly commends Blackmore in more than one place ; from whom Dr Johnson strangely asserts that Pope might have learnt the art of reasoning in verse , exem- plified in the Poem on Creation ; but Ambrose Philips ...
... remarkable that Swift highly commends Blackmore in more than one place ; from whom Dr Johnson strangely asserts that Pope might have learnt the art of reasoning in verse , exem- plified in the Poem on Creation ; but Ambrose Philips ...
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... remarkable that this line of Theobald , which is thought to be the masterpiece of absurdity , is evidently copied from a line of Seneca , in the Hercules Furens : Quæris Alcidæ parem , Nemo est nisi Ipse " - Dr WARTON . I cannot help ...
... remarkable that this line of Theobald , which is thought to be the masterpiece of absurdity , is evidently copied from a line of Seneca , in the Hercules Furens : Quæris Alcidæ parem , Nemo est nisi Ipse " - Dr WARTON . I cannot help ...
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... remarkable for purity and brevity of style . " C'est une belle chose ( says Corneille , with his amiable frank- ness in one of his prefaces ) que de faire vers puissans et majes- tuenx ; cette pompe ravit d'ordinaire les esprits , et ...
... remarkable for purity and brevity of style . " C'est une belle chose ( says Corneille , with his amiable frank- ness in one of his prefaces ) que de faire vers puissans et majes- tuenx ; cette pompe ravit d'ordinaire les esprits , et ...
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... remarkable , have each a strong dis- position to the formation of some particular trope or figure . Aristotle saith , that " the hyperbole is an ornament fit for young men of quality , " accord ingly we find in those gentlemen a ...
... remarkable , have each a strong dis- position to the formation of some particular trope or figure . Aristotle saith , that " the hyperbole is an ornament fit for young men of quality , " accord ingly we find in those gentlemen a ...
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... remarkable , also , that even where they were mixed , the defection from their nature was not so entire , but there still appear- ed marvellous qualities among them , as was mani- fest in those who followed Alexander in India . How VOL ...
... remarkable , also , that even where they were mixed , the defection from their nature was not so entire , but there still appear- ed marvellous qualities among them , as was mani- fest in those who followed Alexander in India . How VOL ...
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Addison Æsop Ambrose Philips ancient appear barrier treaty bathos beasts Blackmore bookseller called Cato catoptrical character church court critics Curll Dennis Doctor Double Falsehood Dr Arbuthnot Dr WARTON Duke Dunciad EDMUND CURLL ev'ry excellent eyes fear Fourth Doctor gentleman give hand hath head hear Homer honour humour Jews John Dennis king ladies learned letter Lintot live Lord maids mankind manner master Miscellanies Mohocks nature neighbours never observed occasion person piece poem poet poetry poor Pope pray puns pyed horses Quadrille Queen racter reader reason remarkable ridicule Rule satire Scriblerus Scriblerus Club Second Doctor sense specta spirit sweet Molly Swift thee thing Third Doctor thou thought tion Tom D'Urfey true turn verse WARTON Whiston whole wife women wonder words writ write
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Página 148 - What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.