The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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Σελίδα v
... feems to have been by the gentlemen concerned ; we shall at leaft have Her Comfort , of being - thanked by the rest of the world . Nor has Mr. P. him- Self any great cause to think it much offence to his modefty , or reflection on his ...
... feems to have been by the gentlemen concerned ; we shall at leaft have Her Comfort , of being - thanked by the rest of the world . Nor has Mr. P. him- Self any great cause to think it much offence to his modefty , or reflection on his ...
Σελίδα 41
... feems to have a particular genius for that kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds the years you told me he was of . He has taken very freely from the ansients , but what he has mixed of his own with theirs , is not inferior ...
... feems to have a particular genius for that kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds the years you told me he was of . He has taken very freely from the ansients , but what he has mixed of his own with theirs , is not inferior ...
Σελίδα 59
... feems to doubt whether it fhould not be ab ovo Ledæo . When he comes to the scene of his Poem , and the prize in difpute between the brothers , he gives us a very mean opinion of it- Pugna eft de paupere regno . -Very different from the ...
... feems to doubt whether it fhould not be ab ovo Ledæo . When he comes to the scene of his Poem , and the prize in difpute between the brothers , he gives us a very mean opinion of it- Pugna eft de paupere regno . -Very different from the ...
Σελίδα 84
... feems to be agreeable enough , " Go 65 then to the fhades , and tell Achilles how I degene- as rate from him : " granting the truth of what Priam had faid of the difference between them . Indeed Mr. Dryden's mentioning here what Virgil ...
... feems to be agreeable enough , " Go 65 then to the fhades , and tell Achilles how I degene- as rate from him : " granting the truth of what Priam had faid of the difference between them . Indeed Mr. Dryden's mentioning here what Virgil ...
Σελίδα 89
... feems , fearch'd in Waller , but fearch'd in vain . Your judgment of them is ( I think ) very right , -for it was my own opi- nion before . If you think ' em not worth the trouble : of correcting , pray tell me fo freely , and it will ...
... feems , fearch'd in Waller , but fearch'd in vain . Your judgment of them is ( I think ) very right , -for it was my own opi- nion before . If you think ' em not worth the trouble : of correcting , pray tell me fo freely , and it will ...
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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...