Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, Volumen3T. Cadel, 1787 |
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... kind of summary of the rules of good writing ; to be gotten by heart by every young ftudent ; and to whofe decifive " authority the greatest masters in tafte and compo- " fition must finally submit . " it ' But the more unquestioned the ...
... kind of summary of the rules of good writing ; to be gotten by heart by every young ftudent ; and to whofe decifive " authority the greatest masters in tafte and compo- " fition must finally submit . " it ' But the more unquestioned the ...
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... kind of method , the intelligent " reader will not be furprized to find the poet profe- " cuting his fubject in a regular , well - ordered plan ; " which , for the more exact description of it , I " distinguish into three parts : * " I ...
... kind of method , the intelligent " reader will not be furprized to find the poet profe- " cuting his fubject in a regular , well - ordered plan ; " which , for the more exact description of it , I " distinguish into three parts : * " I ...
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... kind , That when fix pure Iambicks roll'd along , So nimbly mov'd , fo trippingly the song , 370 The feet to half their number loft their claim , And Trimeter Iambicks was their name . 375 Hence , that the measure might more grave ...
... kind , That when fix pure Iambicks roll'd along , So nimbly mov'd , fo trippingly the song , 370 The feet to half their number loft their claim , And Trimeter Iambicks was their name . 375 Hence , that the measure might more grave ...
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... kind of Tragick Ode unknown before , THESPIS , ' tis faid , invented first , and bore Cart - loads of verfe about ; and with him went A troop begrim'd , to fing and reprefent . Next , ÆSCHYLUS , a Mask to shroud the face , 410 A Robe ...
... kind of Tragick Ode unknown before , THESPIS , ' tis faid , invented first , and bore Cart - loads of verfe about ; and with him went A troop begrim'd , to fing and reprefent . Next , ÆSCHYLUS , a Mask to shroud the face , 410 A Robe ...
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... kind , Of Pleasure born , to charm the foul design'd , If it fall fhort but little of the first , Is counted laft , and rank'd among the worst . 555 The Man , unapt for fports of fields and plains , From implements of exercise abstains ...
... kind , Of Pleasure born , to charm the foul design'd , If it fall fhort but little of the first , Is counted laft , and rank'd among the worst . 555 The Man , unapt for fports of fields and plains , From implements of exercise abstains ...
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Página 22 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
Página 47 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Página 61 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon...
Página 41 - Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. Thus when we view some well-proportion'd dome, (The world's just wonder, and ev'n thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th' admiring eyes; No monstrous height, or breadth or length appear; The whole at once is bold and regular.
Página 48 - Our fons their father's failing language fee, And fuch as Chaucer is, fhall Dryden be. So when the faithful pencil has defign'd Some bright idea of the mafter's mind, Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand...
Página 211 - Plunged fairly in, like a cold bath it serves, When principles relax, to brace the nerves: Such is my case; and yet I must deplore That the gay dream of dissipation's o'er.
Página 4 - U t silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos ; Prima cadunt : ita verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque.
Página 212 - The welcome visitors' approach denote; Farewell all quality of high .renown, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious town! Farewell! your revels I partake no more, And Lady Teazle's occupation's o'er! All this I told our bard; he smiled, and said 'twas clear, I ought to play deep tragedy next year.
Página 18 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Página 210 - Old bachelors, who marry smart young wives, Learn from our play to regulate your lives: Each bring his dear to town, all faults upon her — London will prove the very source of honour.