The Puffiad: A SatireSamuel Maunder, 1828 - 128 Seiten |
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... Puffing . " Nevertheless , had it been possible for you to have monopolized this branch of com- mercial magic , " THE PUFFIAD " would never have been inflicted on the public ; for your Puffs , generally speaking , are as much above the ...
... Puffing . " Nevertheless , had it been possible for you to have monopolized this branch of com- mercial magic , " THE PUFFIAD " would never have been inflicted on the public ; for your Puffs , generally speaking , are as much above the ...
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... , and floated along upon the pompous tide of popularity . Under these circumstances , Puffing might have been pardonably monopolized by your practice . All mankind perform some venal tricks in their INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE . 5.
... , and floated along upon the pompous tide of popularity . Under these circumstances , Puffing might have been pardonably monopolized by your practice . All mankind perform some venal tricks in their INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE . 5.
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... Puffing . But , unfortunately , you have ( like other original geniuses ) not been able to pursue a career for which , both by nature and inclination , you are so admirably calculated , without tempting a herd of imitators . It is in ...
... Puffing . But , unfortunately , you have ( like other original geniuses ) not been able to pursue a career for which , both by nature and inclination , you are so admirably calculated , without tempting a herd of imitators . It is in ...
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... Puffing will ever be confined to publishers ; in fact , every paper is a daily proof that Puffery rages through every branch of scientific trickery or commercial villany . Among the many injuries committed on the public at present by ...
... Puffing will ever be confined to publishers ; in fact , every paper is a daily proof that Puffery rages through every branch of scientific trickery or commercial villany . Among the many injuries committed on the public at present by ...
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... Puffing . With regard to its immediate influence on litera- ture , it is the object of " The Puffiad " to point it out ; and , whatever may be said of its poetry , none can deny its truth . I am aware that , in venturing to assert , as ...
... Puffing . With regard to its immediate influence on litera- ture , it is the object of " The Puffiad " to point it out ; and , whatever may be said of its poetry , none can deny its truth . I am aware that , in venturing to assert , as ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admirers Almack's amid Aristarchus authoress Blacking-man brain brazen brilliant charm Cockney cook court crime criticism curse dastard DATE ISSUED delight dirty disgusting duction dull dulness equivoques fame fancy fashionable flippancy fool fulsome genius glow glutton grace hack hand hath head heart honour Humbug i. e. the puffer Ireland Yard isle jaundiced Lady literary literature live Lord Lord Normanby mean merit mind morals Muse noble nonsense Noticula Quædam novel numskull o'er paltry Parnassian patriot pert petty poet praise Princeton University prostitution published PUFF PUFFIAD Puffing quack quackery quill racter rage rank refined reptile rhyme rivals rogue round satire scenes Scott slanders snug society soul strain street strut stuff stupid style talent taste thee Thou tomes town trade trash truth venal verse vile Vivian Grey volume vulgar Walter Scott Whigs write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 19 - And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Seite 14 - Maevius scribble in Apollo's spite, There are who judge still worse than he can write. Some have at first for wits, then poets past, Turn'd critics next, and prov'd plain fools at last. Some neither can for wits nor critics pass, As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass.
Seite 8 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man?
Seite 19 - Upon the whole, Mr. Milton seems to be possessed of some fancy and talent for rhyming ; two most dangerous endowments, which often unfit men for acting an useful part in life, without qualifying them for that which is great and brilliant.
Seite 18 - M.'s good intentions there can be no doubt ; but we beg leave to remind him, that in every compact of this nature there are two opinions to be consulted. He presumes perhaps upon the poetical powers he has displayed, and considers them as irresistible; — for every one must observe in how different a strain he avows his attachment now and at the opening of the Poem. Then it was, If I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew.
Seite 19 - ... useful part in life, without qualifying them for that which is great and brilliant. If it be true, as we have heard, that he has declined advantageous prospects in business for the sake of indulging his poetical humour, we hope it is not yet too late to prevail upon him to retract his resolution. With the help of Cocker and common industry he may become a respectable scrivener; but it is not all the Zephyrs, and Auroras, and Corydons, and Thyrsises, aye, nor his junketing Queen Mab, and drudging...
Seite 27 - THE mighty mother, and her son, who brings The Smithfield muses to the ear of kings, I sing. Say you, her instruments, the great! Call'd to this work by Dulness, Jove, and Fate; You by whose care, in vain decried, and curst, Still Dunce the second reigns like Dunce the first; Say, how the goddess bade Britannia sleep.
Seite 1 - Hence of all trades, literature at present demands the least talent or information ; and, of all modes of literature, the manufacturing of poems. The difference indeed between these and the works of genius is not less than between an egg and an egg-shell; yet at a distance they both look alike.
Seite 29 - So plainly honest, and so bluntly pure, . They liv'd in calm simplicity secure ; Content to make their paradise at home, They seldom frisk'd in France, or whined at Rome ; No snug elopement, or polite crim. con., For paper-grubs, or law, to live upon, — No London trip, to run the crazy round Of Vice above, and Folly under ground, — By rich or poor was courted or required, While duty triumph'd and plain sense inspired.