The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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Σελίδα ii
... perfon , who was fo delighted with the specimen , that he importuned me for a fight of the reft , which having ... perfons of tafte and judgment , would be pleased with so agreeable an amufement ; Mr. Cromwell could not be angry , fince ...
... perfon , who was fo delighted with the specimen , that he importuned me for a fight of the reft , which having ... perfons of tafte and judgment , would be pleased with so agreeable an amufement ; Mr. Cromwell could not be angry , fince ...
Σελίδα iii
... perfon to whom a letter is addreffed , has the fame right to difpofe of it , as he has of goods pur- chafed with his money . I doubt not but your gene- rofity and honour will do me the right , of owning by a line that I came honeftly by ...
... perfon to whom a letter is addreffed , has the fame right to difpofe of it , as he has of goods pur- chafed with his money . I doubt not but your gene- rofity and honour will do me the right , of owning by a line that I came honeftly by ...
Σελίδα 12
... perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself so extremely like Alexander the Great , as you would perfuade me . If I must be like him , ' tis you will make me fo by compli- menting me into a better opinion of myself than I de ...
... perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself so extremely like Alexander the Great , as you would perfuade me . If I must be like him , ' tis you will make me fo by compli- menting me into a better opinion of myself than I de ...
Σελίδα 14
... perfon whom we have the greatest regard to and affection for , could not be very unpleafant . As a man in love with a mistress , defires no converfation but hers , fo a man in love with himself ( as moft men are ) may be bet pleased ...
... perfon whom we have the greatest regard to and affection for , could not be very unpleafant . As a man in love with a mistress , defires no converfation but hers , fo a man in love with himself ( as moft men are ) may be bet pleased ...
Σελίδα 58
... perfon . For your better help in comparing , it may be fit to tell you , that this is not an entire verfion of the first book . There This was a translation of the first book of Statius , done when the author was but fourteen years old ...
... perfon . For your better help in comparing , it may be fit to tell you , that this is not an entire verfion of the first book . There This was a translation of the first book of Statius , done when the author was but fourteen years old ...
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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...