Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... also further lights by many Conferences ; when he was unfortunate- ly fnatched away ( as I before related ) by the jea- loufy of the Queen's Ministry . Tho ' I was thus to my eternal grief deprived of his conversation , he for fome ...
... also further lights by many Conferences ; when he was unfortunate- ly fnatched away ( as I before related ) by the jea- loufy of the Queen's Ministry . Tho ' I was thus to my eternal grief deprived of his conversation , he for fome ...
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... also hoped he would come to ftammer like Demofthenes , in or- der to be as eloquent ; and in time arrive at many other defects of famous men . He held the child fo long , that the Midwife , grown out of all pati- ence , fnatched it from ...
... also hoped he would come to ftammer like Demofthenes , in or- der to be as eloquent ; and in time arrive at many other defects of famous men . He held the child fo long , that the Midwife , grown out of all pati- ence , fnatched it from ...
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... very voluminous Writer . Likewife as Crab - tree that had been hitherto bar- ren , appeared on a fudden laden with a vast quan Virgil's Laurel . Donat . P. tity of Crabs : This fign also the old gentleman 113 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 117.
... very voluminous Writer . Likewife as Crab - tree that had been hitherto bar- ren , appeared on a fudden laden with a vast quan Virgil's Laurel . Donat . P. tity of Crabs : This fign also the old gentleman 113 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 117.
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Alexander Pope. tity of Crabs : This fign also the old gentleman imagined to be a prognoftic of the acuteness of his Wit . A great fwarm of Wafps play'd round his Cradle without hurting him , but were very trou- blesome to all in the ...
Alexander Pope. tity of Crabs : This fign also the old gentleman imagined to be a prognoftic of the acuteness of his Wit . A great fwarm of Wafps play'd round his Cradle without hurting him , but were very trou- blesome to all in the ...
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... With this Treatise , and a moderate fupper , he proposed to entertain his Guests ; tho ' he had also See the Differtation on Dr. Woodward's Shield , J another defem to have their affiftance in the cal- culation MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 123.
... With this Treatise , and a moderate fupper , he proposed to entertain his Guests ; tho ' he had also See the Differtation on Dr. Woodward's Shield , J another defem to have their affiftance in the cal- culation MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 123.
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Página 92 - Who knew no Wish but what the world might hear : Of softest manners, unaffected mind, Lover of peace, and friend of human kind : Go live ! for Heav'n's Eternal year is thine, Go, and exalt thy Moral to Divine.
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Página 396 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Página 378 - ... with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns. Next...
Página 388 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.