Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and SheridanArchibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; White, Cochrane, and Company and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, London; and John Cumming, Dublin., 1814 |
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Página 85
... church and state ; which will sufficient- ly guard against any mischief , that might otherwise be apprehended from it . And being lodged in such hands , it may be at discretion let out by the day to several great ora- tors in both ...
... church and state ; which will sufficient- ly guard against any mischief , that might otherwise be apprehended from it . And being lodged in such hands , it may be at discretion let out by the day to several great ora- tors in both ...
Página 144
... church of Rome ; particularly the publication of books that may in any sort propagate that doctrine : their authors are therefore obliged to couch their designs the deeper ; and though I cannot aver the intention of this gentleman was ...
... church of Rome ; particularly the publication of books that may in any sort propagate that doctrine : their authors are therefore obliged to couch their designs the deeper ; and though I cannot aver the intention of this gentleman was ...
Página 156
... church of England . We have now considered this poem in its poli- tical view , wherein we have shown , that it has two different walks of satire ; the one in the story itself , which is a ridicule on the late transactions in gene- ral ...
... church of England . We have now considered this poem in its poli- tical view , wherein we have shown , that it has two different walks of satire ; the one in the story itself , which is a ridicule on the late transactions in gene- ral ...
Página 158
... church of Rome . The unveiling of the altar , the silver vases upon it ; being robed in white , as the priests are up- on the chief festivals ; and the head uncovered , are manifest marks of this : A heavenly image in the glass appears ...
... church of Rome . The unveiling of the altar , the silver vases upon it ; being robed in white , as the priests are up- on the chief festivals ; and the head uncovered , are manifest marks of this : A heavenly image in the glass appears ...
Página 159
... church , according to the boasts of the Papists : And like the Sun , she shines on all alike . After which he tells us , If to her share some female errors fall , Look on her face , and you'll forget them all . Though it should be ...
... church , according to the boasts of the Papists : And like the Sun , she shines on all alike . After which he tells us , If to her share some female errors fall , Look on her face , and you'll forget them all . Though it should be ...
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Página 340 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 341 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Página 67 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Página 159 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Página 150 - The fluttering fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her fav'rite lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. "To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Página 159 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void...
Página 149 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Página 153 - Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply.
Página 89 - French have already laid down many mechanical rules for compositions of this sort, but at the same time they cut off almost all undertakers from the possibility of ever performing them; for the first qualification they unanimously require in a poet, is a genius. I shall here endeavour (for the benefit of my countrymen) to make it manifest, that epic poems may be made "without a genius", nay, without learning or much reading.
Página 176 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.