Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... obferve with great care Vefuvius , Ætna , the burning moun- * tain of Java , but chiefly Hecla the greatest ra- risy in the Northern Regions . Then he may » Rewite contemplate the wonders of the Mephi- When he has div'd into the bowels ...
... obferve with great care Vefuvius , Ætna , the burning moun- * tain of Java , but chiefly Hecla the greatest ra- risy in the Northern Regions . Then he may » Rewite contemplate the wonders of the Mephi- When he has div'd into the bowels ...
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... : He was made to obferve this , and daily catechis'd thereupon , which his Father was wont to call Travelling at home . " He never gave him a Fig or an Orange but he obliged him to give an ‡ K 2 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 131.
... : He was made to obferve this , and daily catechis'd thereupon , which his Father was wont to call Travelling at home . " He never gave him a Fig or an Orange but he obliged him to give an ‡ K 2 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 131.
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... obferve , in every page of fuch a book , that cordial Love of Mankind , that inviolable Regard to Truth , that Paffion for his dear Country , and that particular at- tachment to the excellent Princefs Queen Anne ; furely that man ...
... obferve , in every page of fuch a book , that cordial Love of Mankind , that inviolable Regard to Truth , that Paffion for his dear Country , and that particular at- tachment to the excellent Princefs Queen Anne ; furely that man ...
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... obferve , how nearly they have approached us in thofe particular pieces ; though in their others they differ'd toto cœlo from us . CHA P. II . That the Bathos , or Profund , is the na- tural Taste of Man , and in particular , of the ...
... obferve , how nearly they have approached us in thofe particular pieces ; though in their others they differ'd toto cœlo from us . CHA P. II . That the Bathos , or Profund , is the na- tural Taste of Man , and in particular , of the ...
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... exhortation to all my brethren , to obferve the Precepts here laid down , the neg- lect of which hath cost some of them their Ears in a Pillory . ++ S 1 1 CHAP . XV . A Receipt to make an Epic Of the ART OF SINKING IN POETRY . 257.
... exhortation to all my brethren , to obferve the Precepts here laid down , the neg- lect of which hath cost some of them their Ears in a Pillory . ++ S 1 1 CHAP . XV . A Receipt to make an Epic Of the ART OF SINKING IN POETRY . 257.
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Страница 386 - The audience was generally composed of the meaner sort of people; and therefore the images of life were to be drawn from those of their own rank. Accordingly we find that not our author's only but almost all the old comedies have their scene among tradesmen and mechanics; and even their historical plays strictly follow the common old stories or vulgar traditions of that kind of people.
Страница 286 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Страница 322 - However it be, I do not know, I say, why this prejudice, well improved and carried as far as it would go, might not be made to conduce to the preservation of many innocent creatures, which are now exposed to all the wantonness of an ignorant barbarity.
Страница 92 - Who knew no Wish but what the world might hear : Of softest manners, unaffected mind, Lover of peace, and friend of human kind : Go live ! for Heav'n's Eternal year is thine, Go, and exalt thy Moral to Divine.
Страница 352 - Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manners.
Страница 388 - Another cause (and no less strong than the former) may be deduced from our author's being a player, and forming himself first upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member.
Страница 196 - But all that lies between thefe, as Corn, Flower, Fruits...
Страница 396 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Страница 378 - ... with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns. Next...
Страница 388 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.