Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, Volumen3T. Cadel, 1787 |
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... whose folid fenfe hath been so attenu- " ated and fubtilized by the delicate operation of " French criticism , as hath even gone fome way to- " wards bringing the art itself into disrepute . 2. But the wrong explications of this poem ...
... whose folid fenfe hath been so attenu- " ated and fubtilized by the delicate operation of " French criticism , as hath even gone fome way to- " wards bringing the art itself into disrepute . 2. But the wrong explications of this poem ...
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... whose horrid fhore Barrennefs dwelt , and boatmen plied the oar , 90 Now furrow'd by the plough , a laughing plain , 100 Feeds all the cities round with fertile grain ; Or if the River , by a prudent force , The corn once flooding ...
... whose horrid fhore Barrennefs dwelt , and boatmen plied the oar , 90 Now furrow'd by the plough , a laughing plain , 100 Feeds all the cities round with fertile grain ; Or if the River , by a prudent force , The corn once flooding ...
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... " confining himself , as the tenor of this part re- " quired , to tragedy only . Hence is feen the mif- " take , not only of M. Dacier , whose comment is 65 " in every view infupportable ; but , as was L " in NOTES ON THE ART OF POETRY .
... " confining himself , as the tenor of this part re- " quired , to tragedy only . Hence is feen the mif- " take , not only of M. Dacier , whose comment is 65 " in every view infupportable ; but , as was L " in NOTES ON THE ART OF POETRY .
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... low in the ATELLANE ; whose style , as well as measure , should be peculiar to itself , equally diftant from Tragedy and Farce . VOL . III . 7 M The The author of the English Commentary tells us , that NOTES ON THE ART OF POETRY . 103.
... low in the ATELLANE ; whose style , as well as measure , should be peculiar to itself , equally diftant from Tragedy and Farce . VOL . III . 7 M The The author of the English Commentary tells us , that NOTES ON THE ART OF POETRY . 103.
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... Whose tongues are loud , and gen❜ral as the wind ? Mark how in real life each fex is clafs'd ! Woman has there the first word and the last . Boaft not your gallant deeds , romantick men To - night a Female Quixote draws the pen . Arm'd ...
... Whose tongues are loud , and gen❜ral as the wind ? Mark how in real life each fex is clafs'd ! Woman has there the first word and the last . Boaft not your gallant deeds , romantick men To - night a Female Quixote draws the pen . Arm'd ...
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Pasajes populares
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.