The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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Σελίδα 6
... best way of fhewing my judgment , after having feen how you write , is to leave off writing ; and the best way to ! fhew my friendship to you , is to put an end to your trouble , and to conclude Yours , etc. WH LETTER II . March 25 ...
... best way of fhewing my judgment , after having feen how you write , is to leave off writing ; and the best way to ! fhew my friendship to you , is to put an end to your trouble , and to conclude Yours , etc. WH LETTER II . March 25 ...
Σελίδα 7
... best but the smoke of friendship . I nei- ther write , nor converse with you , to gain your praise , but your affection . Be so much my friend as to appear my enemy , and tell me my faults , if not as a young Man , at least as an ...
... best but the smoke of friendship . I nei- ther write , nor converse with you , to gain your praise , but your affection . Be so much my friend as to appear my enemy , and tell me my faults , if not as a young Man , at least as an ...
Σελίδα 8
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more entertaining ...
... best , as the longest life ( if a good one ) is the beft ; as it yields the more variety , and is the more exemplary ; as a chearful fummer's day , tho ' longer than a dull one in the winter , is lefs tedious and more entertaining ...
Σελίδα 13
... best way both to quiet them , and fecure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I could be heartily glad that all you ...
... best way both to quiet them , and fecure yourself from the effects of their frenzy , is to feed their vanity ; which indeed , for the most part , is all that is fed in a poet . You may believe me , I could be heartily glad that all you ...
Σελίδα 14
... best School ; and if he be a fool , it is his best Sanctuary . These are good reasons for my own ftay here , but I wish I could give you any for your coming hither , except that I earnestly invite you . And yet I can't help faying I ...
... best School ; and if he be a fool , it is his best Sanctuary . These are good reasons for my own ftay here , but I wish I could give you any for your coming hither , except that I earnestly invite you . And yet I can't help faying I ...
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Æneid affure againſt agreeable almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft beſt caufe cauſe CHERLEY converfation Correfpondence CROMWELL defign defire duodecimo eſteem fafely faid fame fatisfaction favour feems feen fend fenfe fent fentiments ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fince fincerity firft firſt fo long fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give happineſs HENRY CROMWELL himſelf honour hope judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never numbers obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid Paftorals perfon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry poffible Pope Pope's praiſe prefent Priam printed profe publiſhed Quintilian reafon reft Sappho ſay ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tranflation uſe verfes verſes whofe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
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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...