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Pagina 36
... Original , than was necessary for his concurrence , in promoting their common plan of Reformation of manners . Had it been his purpose merely to paraphrafe an ancient Satirift he had hardly made choice of Horace ; with whom , as a Poet ...
... Original , than was necessary for his concurrence , in promoting their common plan of Reformation of manners . Had it been his purpose merely to paraphrafe an ancient Satirift he had hardly made choice of Horace ; with whom , as a Poet ...
Pagina 37
... original wit . Befides , he deem'd it more modeft to give the name of Imita- tions to his Satires , than , like Defpreaux , to give the name of Satires to Imitations . * D 3 3 SATIRA PRIMA . HORATIUS . TREBATIUS . HORATIUS . *
... original wit . Befides , he deem'd it more modeft to give the name of Imita- tions to his Satires , than , like Defpreaux , to give the name of Satires to Imitations . * D 3 3 SATIRA PRIMA . HORATIUS . TREBATIUS . HORATIUS . *
Pagina 40
... Original , as this falls fhort of it . VER . 20. Hartshorn ] This was intended as a pleasantry on the novelty of the prescription . VER . 28. falling Horfe ? ] The horse on which his Ma- jesty charged at the battle of Oudenard ; when ...
... Original , as this falls fhort of it . VER . 20. Hartshorn ] This was intended as a pleasantry on the novelty of the prescription . VER . 28. falling Horfe ? ] The horse on which his Ma- jesty charged at the battle of Oudenard ; when ...
Pagina 44
... line . VER . 63. My head and heart thus flowing from my quill , ] Inferior to the Original : Ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim Credebat libris , etc. In them , as certain to be lov'd as feen 44 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... line . VER . 63. My head and heart thus flowing from my quill , ] Inferior to the Original : Ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim Credebat libris , etc. In them , as certain to be lov'd as feen 44 Book II . IMITATIONS.
Pagina 45
... original thought ( which is very flat , and fo ill and aukwardly expreffed , as to be taken for a monkish Addition ) is here admirably imitated , in a lively character of himself , and his Writ- ings . VER . 69. Saiire's my weapon ] In ...
... original thought ( which is very flat , and fo ill and aukwardly expreffed , as to be taken for a monkish Addition ) is here admirably imitated , in a lively character of himself , and his Writ- ings . VER . 69. Saiire's my weapon ] In ...
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Pagina 255 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Pagina 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pagina 24 - Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.
Pagina 231 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the Venal tribe, Smile without Art, and win without a Bribe. Would he oblige me ? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Pagina 5 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Pagina 16 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Pagina 29 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age. No courts he saw, no suits would ever try, Nor dar'd an oath, nor hazarded a lie.
Pagina 155 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.
Pagina 23 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...