The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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Σελίδα 11
... truth might do , spoken in fuch feafons . A fmall alms will do a great kindness , to people in extreme neceflity . Mr. Wycherley was at this time about seventy years old , Mr. Pope under feventeen . VOL . V. C I could name an ...
... truth might do , spoken in fuch feafons . A fmall alms will do a great kindness , to people in extreme neceflity . Mr. Wycherley was at this time about seventy years old , Mr. Pope under feventeen . VOL . V. C I could name an ...
Σελίδα 19
... truth that all men own who have either feen your writings , or heard your discourse ; enough to make others fhow their judgment , in ceafing to write or talk , especially to you , or in your com- pany . However , I speak or write to you ...
... truth that all men own who have either feen your writings , or heard your discourse ; enough to make others fhow their judgment , in ceafing to write or talk , especially to you , or in your com- pany . However , I speak or write to you ...
Σελίδα 34
... truth , than at this distance with your compliment : fince now your business of a friend , and kindness to a friend , is by finding fault with his faults , and mending them by your obliging feverity . I hope ( in point of your good ...
... truth , than at this distance with your compliment : fince now your business of a friend , and kindness to a friend , is by finding fault with his faults , and mending them by your obliging feverity . I hope ( in point of your good ...
Σελίδα 37
... truth , that my sickness cannot make me quite weary of myself when I have you with me ; and I fhall want no company but yours , when you are here . You fee how freely and with how little care I talk ra- ther than write to you : this is ...
... truth , that my sickness cannot make me quite weary of myself when I have you with me ; and I fhall want no company but yours , when you are here . You fee how freely and with how little care I talk ra- ther than write to you : this is ...
Σελίδα 44
... truth fo well , that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beau- ty ; it is not only needlefs , but impairs what it would improve . There is a certain majesty in fimplicity , which is far above all ...
... truth fo well , that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beau- ty ; it is not only needlefs , but impairs what it would improve . There is a certain majesty in fimplicity , which is far above all ...
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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...