The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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Σελίδα 4
... imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above thofe Critics , I was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be so humble as to think myself quite below their notice . For critics , as they are birds of prey , have ...
... imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above thofe Critics , I was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be so humble as to think myself quite below their notice . For critics , as they are birds of prey , have ...
Σελίδα 40
... imagine from hence that I would decline any part of this task ; on the contrary you know , I have been at the pains of transcribing fome pieces , at once to comply with your defire of not defacing the copy , and yet to lose no time in ...
... imagine from hence that I would decline any part of this task ; on the contrary you know , I have been at the pains of transcribing fome pieces , at once to comply with your defire of not defacing the copy , and yet to lose no time in ...
Σελίδα 58
... imagine them fo , and inquifitive enough to discover those faults which I ( by your help ) would correct . I therefore beg the favour of you to let them go no farther than your chamber , and to be very free of your remarks in the ...
... imagine them fo , and inquifitive enough to discover those faults which I ( by your help ) would correct . I therefore beg the favour of you to let them go no farther than your chamber , and to be very free of your remarks in the ...
Σελίδα 81
... imagine that it was a fort of Rondeau which the Gallick foldiers fung in Cæfar's triumph over Gaul -Gallias Cæfar fubegit , etc. as it is recorded by Sueto- nius in Julio , and fo derive its original from the ancient Gauls to the modern ...
... imagine that it was a fort of Rondeau which the Gallick foldiers fung in Cæfar's triumph over Gaul -Gallias Cæfar fubegit , etc. as it is recorded by Sueto- nius in Julio , and fo derive its original from the ancient Gauls to the modern ...
Σελίδα 87
... imagine others entertain some esteem for their abilities , they often expofe all their imperfections and foolish works , to the difparagement of the little wit they were thought mafters of . I am going to exemplify this to you , in ...
... imagine others entertain some esteem for their abilities , they often expofe all their imperfections and foolish works , to the difparagement of the little wit they were thought mafters of . I am going to exemplify this to you , in ...
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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...