The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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Σελίδα iv
... should not write any thing , but [ believed it might be so as she writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former indifcretion in putting them into the hands of this Pretieufe , fhould have given you so much difturbance ...
... should not write any thing , but [ believed it might be so as she writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former indifcretion in putting them into the hands of this Pretieufe , fhould have given you so much difturbance ...
Σελίδα ix
... should send any letters of his for the prefs . It is as notorious what methods were taken to procure them , even from the publisher's own accounts in his prefaces , viz . by transacting with people in neceflities , or of abandoned ...
... should send any letters of his for the prefs . It is as notorious what methods were taken to procure them , even from the publisher's own accounts in his prefaces , viz . by transacting with people in neceflities , or of abandoned ...
Σελίδα 5
... should confider , when you have obliged me beyond my prefent power of returning the favour , that a debtor may be an honest man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I should be lefs just to you , the more I ...
... should confider , when you have obliged me beyond my prefent power of returning the favour , that a debtor may be an honest man , if he but intends to be just when he is able , tho ' late . But I should be lefs just to you , the more I ...
Σελίδα 7
... should not let your modefty be fo unjust to your merit , as to reject what is due to it , and call that compliment , which is fo fhort of your defert , that it is rather degrading than exalting you . Put if compliment be the fmoke only ...
... should not let your modefty be fo unjust to your merit , as to reject what is due to it , and call that compliment , which is fo fhort of your defert , that it is rather degrading than exalting you . Put if compliment be the fmoke only ...
Σελίδα 11
... Should believe myself happy in your good opinion , but that you treat me fo much in a ftyle of com- pliment . It hath been observed of women , that they are more fubject in their youth to be touched with va- nity than men , on account ...
... Should believe myself happy in your good opinion , but that you treat me fo much in a ftyle of com- pliment . It hath been observed of women , that they are more fubject in their youth to be touched with va- nity than men , on account ...
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Σελίδα 68 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Σελίδα 271 - My dear, it is only this, that you will never marry an old man again.
Σελίδα 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Σελίδα 131 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Σελίδα 236 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing, within the compafs of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a moft romantic confufion.
Σελίδα 288 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place.
Σελίδα 244 - I, if we ride on; the motion is an aid to my fancy, a round trot very much awakens my spirits; then jog on apace, and I'll think as hard as I can.
Σελίδα 213 - I distrust neither your will nor your memory, when it is to do good ; and if I ever become troublesome or solicitous, it must not be out of expectation, but out of gratitude.
Σελίδα 49 - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
Σελίδα 288 - ... radiations ; and when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different scene. It is...