The Works of the English Poets: Garth and KingH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... faults . Their grand objection is , that the Fury Disease is an improper machine to recite characters , and recommend the example of prefent writers : but though I had the authority of fome Greek and Latin Poets , upon parallel ...
... faults . Their grand objection is , that the Fury Disease is an improper machine to recite characters , and recommend the example of prefent writers : but though I had the authority of fome Greek and Latin Poets , upon parallel ...
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... fault they pretend to find in this poem , I will undertake to fhew them two . One of thefe curious perfons does me the honour to fay , he approves of the conclufion of it ; but I fuppofe it is upon no other reafon , but because it is ...
... fault they pretend to find in this poem , I will undertake to fhew them two . One of thefe curious perfons does me the honour to fay , he approves of the conclufion of it ; but I fuppofe it is upon no other reafon , but because it is ...
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... faults himself , ought to be less fevere upon the miscarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find , applies to a particular perfon : it is a reflection which I fhould be forry fhould ...
... faults himself , ought to be less fevere upon the miscarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find , applies to a particular perfon : it is a reflection which I fhould be forry fhould ...
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... faults , or I no faults can spy ; Thou art all beauty , or all blindness I. Critics and aged beaux of fancy chaste , Who ne'er had fire , or else whofe fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to tafte . I would a poet ...
... faults , or I no faults can spy ; Thou art all beauty , or all blindness I. Critics and aged beaux of fancy chaste , Who ne'er had fire , or else whofe fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to tafte . I would a poet ...
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... faults . There are not many authors one can say the fame of : experience fhews us every day that there are writers ... fault the first commit ; And take off ftill the offal of their wit . 5 So fhameless , so abandon'd , are their ways ...
... faults . There are not many authors one can say the fame of : experience fhews us every day that there are writers ... fault the first commit ; And take off ftill the offal of their wit . 5 So fhameless , so abandon'd , are their ways ...
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Страница 249 - I take imitation of an author, in their sense, to be an endeavour of a later 25 poet to write like one who has written before him, on the same subject ; that is, not to translate his words, or to be confined to his sense, but only to set him as a pattern, and to write, as he supposes that author would have done, had he lived in our age, and in our 3° country.
Страница 191 - Drink hearty draughts of ale from plain brown bowls, And snatch the homely rasher from the coals : So you, retiring from much better cheer, For once, may venture to do penance here. And since that plenteous autumn now is past, Whose grapes and peaches have indulged your taste, Take in good part, from our poor poet's board, Such rivelled fruits as winter can afford.
Страница 412 - Humpus foon withdrew, Was fafe, as having fuch a one in view At Covent Garden dial, whom he found Sitting with thoughtlefs air and look profound, Who, folitary gaping without care, Seem'd to fay, " Who is 't? wilt go any where ?" Says Humpus, " Sir, my Mafter bade me pray " Your company to dine with him to-day.
Страница 9 - I am hard upon any one, it is my reader : but fome worthy gentlemen, as remarkable for their humanity as their extraordinary parts, have taken care to make him amends for it, by prefixing fomething of their own.
Страница 120 - Even churches are no sanctuaries now : There, golden idols all your vows receive, She is no goddess that has nought to give.
Страница 136 - Here did the tender tale of Picus ceafe, Above belief the wonder, I confefs. Again we fail, but more difafters meet, Foretold by Circe, to our fuffering fleet. Myfelf, unable further woes to bear, Declin'd the voyage, and am refug'd here. -ENEAS ARRIVES IN ITALY. Thus Macareus — Now with a pious aim Had good -ffineas rais'da funeral' flame, In honour of his hoary nurfe's name.
Страница 121 - She is no goddess that has nought to give. Oh, may once more the happy age appear, When words were...
Страница 287 - Thousands of happy hours you pass'd with me ; No mention made of old Penelope. On adamant our wrongs we all engrave, But write our benefits upon the wave.
Страница 143 - Or form the pliant souls of plants so well; Or to the fruit more gen'rous flavours lend, Or teach the trees with nobler loads to bend. The nymph frequented not the...
Страница 212 - Tis the dessert that graces all the feast, For an ill end disparages the rest : A thousand things well done, and one forgot, Defaces obligation by that blot. Make your transparent sweet-meats truly nice, With Indian sugar and Arabian spice : And let your various creams encircled be With swelling fruit just ravish'd from the tree.