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... writes ! 3 3 Rare ! how he talks in verse , just as he writes . ] From the par- ticular description given us of Chronomastix , it appears that the character was personal ; and there is reason for thinking that the author intended was ...
... writes ! 3 3 Rare ! how he talks in verse , just as he writes . ] From the par- ticular description given us of Chronomastix , it appears that the character was personal ; and there is reason for thinking that the author intended was ...
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... write doggrel verses , once thought more modestly of himself ; but popularity gave him assurance . In the introduction to his Aluses Whipt , he tells his readers " not to look for Spencer's or Daniel's well - composed numbers , or the ...
... write doggrel verses , once thought more modestly of himself ; but popularity gave him assurance . In the introduction to his Aluses Whipt , he tells his readers " not to look for Spencer's or Daniel's well - composed numbers , or the ...
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... produced . Almost every scurrilous writer had a portable press , which was moved from one hiding place to another with a secrecy and dispatch truly wonderful . They all dance but FAME , and make the first 10 TIME VINDICATED .
... produced . Almost every scurrilous writer had a portable press , which was moved from one hiding place to another with a secrecy and dispatch truly wonderful . They all dance but FAME , and make the first 10 TIME VINDICATED .
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... therefore dropt it : but as this was done without writing a page or two about it , Mr. Weber wonders at their presumption , and very judiciously re- instates it in the text . Just to the colour of the sea ; and then NEPTUNE'S TRIUMPH . 29.
... therefore dropt it : but as this was done without writing a page or two about it , Mr. Weber wonders at their presumption , and very judiciously re- instates it in the text . Just to the colour of the sea ; and then NEPTUNE'S TRIUMPH . 29.
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... writes for turkey ; A gentleman of the Forest presents pheasant , 9 A fine laced mutton . ] A cant term for a wanton . Some of the characters mentioned in this speech , the author subsequently introduced into the Staple of News . And a ...
... writes for turkey ; A gentleman of the Forest presents pheasant , 9 A fine laced mutton . ] A cant term for a wanton . Some of the characters mentioned in this speech , the author subsequently introduced into the Staple of News . And a ...
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Página 269 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Página 332 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Página 231 - Weep with me, all you that read This little story : And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As heaven and nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Página 328 - Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Página 160 - Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe All that I am in arts, all that I know (How nothing's that); to whom my country owes The great renown and name wherewith she goes; Than thee the age sees not that thing more grave, More high, more holy, that she more would crave.
Página 31 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Página 328 - To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither man, nor muse, can praise too much, 'Tis true, and all men's suffrage.
Página 440 - But I have and do reverence him for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength; for greatness he could not want.* Neither could I condole* in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident* could do harm to virtue, but rather help to make it manifest.
Página 330 - Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage; or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.
Página 194 - I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet, Hating that solemn vice of greatness — pride ; I meant each softest virtue there should meet, Fit in that softer bosom to reside. Only a learned and manly soul I purposed her : that should, with even powers, The rock, the spindle, and the shears control Of Destiny, and spin her own free hours.