Satire and SatiristsBogue, 1854 - 276 страници |
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... Roman blood in its veins ; and we have a right to expect pluck from it . But I warn you fairly , we tread on dangerous ground here . We tread on the bones of old literary battle - fields , where , however , I hope corn is now to be ...
... Roman blood in its veins ; and we have a right to expect pluck from it . But I warn you fairly , we tread on dangerous ground here . We tread on the bones of old literary battle - fields , where , however , I hope corn is now to be ...
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... Roman , were essentially different ; that the derivation is not accordant with etymology , nor supported by old grammarians ; that the Romans had their Satire long before the Greek influence began ; and so forth . And he finds the germ ...
... Roman , were essentially different ; that the derivation is not accordant with etymology , nor supported by old grammarians ; that the Romans had their Satire long before the Greek influence began ; and so forth . And he finds the germ ...
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... Romans are imitators of the Greeks ; but here a certain originality is claimed for them . Here are good reasons for ... Roman arguer might say , " but we had a Satire of our own before the day of her influence . We derive this from days ...
... Romans are imitators of the Greeks ; but here a certain originality is claimed for them . Here are good reasons for ... Roman arguer might say , " but we had a Satire of our own before the day of her influence . We derive this from days ...
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... Roman humorous character has never been done justice to . We do not rightly feel the humanity of the old Ro- mans , when we think of them only as grim soldierly people , with a peculiar conformation of nose ! A stern , iron race they ...
... Roman humorous character has never been done justice to . We do not rightly feel the humanity of the old Ro- mans , when we think of them only as grim soldierly people , with a peculiar conformation of nose ! A stern , iron race they ...
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... Roman humour was correspondent in depth with the national character , something on the same scale with its sense of patriot- ism , and its notions of discipline . I fancy it clumsy , perhaps , but grandly genial , and such as laughter ...
... Roman humour was correspondent in depth with the national character , something on the same scale with its sense of patriot- ism , and its notions of discipline . I fancy it clumsy , perhaps , but grandly genial , and such as laughter ...
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Страница 46 - Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew...
Страница 177 - And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Страница 45 - Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
Страница 43 - Shades, that to Bacon could retreat afford, Become the portion of a booby lord ; And Hemsley, once proud Buckingham's delight, Slides to a scrivener, or a city knight. Let lands and houses have what lords they will, Let us be fix'd, and our own masters still.
Страница 84 - He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave, and sage, As on King's errand come ; But in the glances of his eye, A penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home...
Страница 177 - 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...
Страница 45 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine. Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent...
Страница 214 - Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as in me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree.
Страница 139 - Read all the prefaces of Dryden, For these our critics much confide in (Though merely writ at first for filling, To raise the volume's price a shilling).
Страница 45 - By numbers here from shame or censure free, All crimes are safe but hated poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.