Juvenile poemsA. Millar, 1757 |
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Página iii
... Characters of Men is quite altered : that on the Characters of Women much enlarged ; and the Epiftles on Riches and Tafte corrected and improved . To thefe advantages of the THIRD Volume , muft be added a great number of fine verses ...
... Characters of Men is quite altered : that on the Characters of Women much enlarged ; and the Epiftles on Riches and Tafte corrected and improved . To thefe advantages of the THIRD Volume , muft be added a great number of fine verses ...
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... character , exemplified by his more diftinguifhed virtues ; his filial piety , his dif interefted friendships , his reverence for the conftitution of his country , his love and ad- miration of VIRTUE , and , ( what was the ne- A wit's a ...
... character , exemplified by his more diftinguifhed virtues ; his filial piety , his dif interefted friendships , his reverence for the conftitution of his country , his love and ad- miration of VIRTUE , and , ( what was the ne- A wit's a ...
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... character in any inftance whatfoever , to all and every one of These and their Abettors , I give the LYE in form , and in the words of honeft Father Valerian , MENTI- RIS IMPUDENTISSIME . Contents of the First Volume . PREFACE ...
... character in any inftance whatfoever , to all and every one of These and their Abettors , I give the LYE in form , and in the words of honeft Father Valerian , MENTI- RIS IMPUDENTISSIME . Contents of the First Volume . PREFACE ...
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... character for sense and learning has been obtain'd by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For , to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call Learn- ing , is but the ...
... character for sense and learning has been obtain'd by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For , to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call Learn- ing , is but the ...
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... Character . The form of this imitation is dramatic , or narrative , or mixed of both ; the fable fimple , the manners not too polite nor too ruftic : the thoughts are plain , yet admit a little quicknefs and paffion , but that short and ...
... Character . The form of this imitation is dramatic , or narrative , or mixed of both ; the fable fimple , the manners not too polite nor too ruftic : the thoughts are plain , yet admit a little quicknefs and paffion , but that short and ...
Términos y frases comunes
ancient arife Author beauty becauſe bleft cauſe COMMENTARY confifts Critic Cynthus Dæmons DAPHNI defcend defert eaſe Eclogue Eurydice Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe fame fatire fecond feem fenfe fhades fhall fhepherds fhews fhining fhort fhould fide filent filver fince fing firft firſt fkies flow'rs foft fome fong fons foon foreft ftill ftrains ftreams fubject fuch fung fwains Genius grace groves heav'n himſelf IMITATIONS itſelf judgment juft laft laſt lefs loft lyre Menander moft moſt Mufe Mufic muft Muſe muſt Nature NOTES numbers Nymphs o'er obferves occafion paffions Paftoral plain pleas'd pleaſe poem Poet Poet's Poetry pow'r praife praiſe raiſe reafon refound reft rife ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſpring ſtill Sylphs thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro uſe VARIATIONS verfe verſe Virg Virgil whofe Whoſe write
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Página 84 - 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.
Página 187 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Página 50 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Página 44 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Página 171 - Then gay Ideas crowd the vacant brain, While Peers, and Dukes, and all their sweeping train, And Garters, Stars, and Coronets appear...
Página xv - All that is left us is to recommend our productions by the imitation of the ancients ; and it will be found true that, in every age, the highest character for sense and learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them.
Página 112 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Página 119 - The manners, passions, unities, what not? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a combat in the lists left out. "What! leave the combat out?" exclaims the knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. "Not so, by Heaven" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage.
Página 177 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Página 211 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show?