The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, المجلد 401807 |
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الصفحة 55
... verses on Mr. Craggs , which con- clude this poem , were added . As the third Epistle treated of the extremes of avarice and profusion ; and the fourth book upon one particular branch of the latter , namely , the vanity of expence in ...
... verses on Mr. Craggs , which con- clude this poem , were added . As the third Epistle treated of the extremes of avarice and profusion ; and the fourth book upon one particular branch of the latter , namely , the vanity of expence in ...
الصفحة 57
... verse and sculpture bore an equal part , And art reflected images to art . Oh ! when shall Britain , conscious of her claim , Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame ? In living Medals see her wars enroll'd , And vanquish'd realms supply ...
... verse and sculpture bore an equal part , And art reflected images to art . Oh ! when shall Britain , conscious of her claim , Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame ? In living Medals see her wars enroll'd , And vanquish'd realms supply ...
الصفحة 77
... verse extend , And sing with horror his prodigious end . Now wretched Edipus , depriv'd of sight , Led a long death in everlasting night ; 70 75 But while he dwells where not a cheerful ray Can pierce the darkness , and abhors the day ...
... verse extend , And sing with horror his prodigious end . Now wretched Edipus , depriv'd of sight , Led a long death in everlasting night ; 70 75 But while he dwells where not a cheerful ray Can pierce the darkness , and abhors the day ...
الصفحة 127
... Verses to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doc- tor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton- Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my writings , ( of which , being public , the public is judge ...
... Verses to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doc- tor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton- Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my writings , ( of which , being public , the public is judge ...
الصفحة 136
... verse and praise ; Nor , like a puppy , daggled through the Town , To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; 226 Nor at rehearsals sweat , and mouth'd , and cry'd , With handkerchief and orange at my side ; 230 235 But sick of fops ...
... verse and praise ; Nor , like a puppy , daggled through the Town , To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; 226 Nor at rehearsals sweat , and mouth'd , and cry'd , With handkerchief and orange at my side ; 230 235 But sick of fops ...
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Author bard Bavius beauty Behold bless'd Boileau charms Cibber court Criticism dæmon dear Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness Dunciad EPISTLE Eridanus Essay Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate flame folly fool Francis Atterbury genius gentle Gildon Goddess grace hath hear heart Heav'n hero Homer honor Horace Iliad IMITATIONS kings knave laws learned Leonard Welsted Letter LEWIS THEOBALD live Lord lov'd Matthew Concanen MIST'S JOURNAL moral Muse ne'er never numbers o'er octavo once Ovid person pleas'd Poem poet poet's poor Pope pow'r praise pride printed proud Queen rage REMARKS rhymes rise sacred saith Sappho satire shade shew shine sing SMIL soft soul Swift tell thee thine things thou thought Town truth Twas verse Virg Virgil virtue Whig wife words wretched writ write youth
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الصفحة 132 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
الصفحة 125 - A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross?
الصفحة 132 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
الصفحة 131 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
الصفحة 136 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
الصفحة 126 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
الصفحة 36 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst.
الصفحة 125 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
الصفحة 129 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
الصفحة 170 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie ; Where MURRAY (long enough, his country's pride) Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE ! Rack'd with sciatics,.