An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
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Pagina 7
... seems to have arisen , that Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light and the ridiculous . * But they who look into Chaucer , will soon be convinced of this prevailing preju- dice ; and will find his comic vein , like ...
... seems to have arisen , that Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light and the ridiculous . * But they who look into Chaucer , will soon be convinced of this prevailing preju- dice ; and will find his comic vein , like ...
Pagina 15
... seem'd to thaw the freezing air . A strait long entry to the temple led , Blind with high walls and horror over - head : Thence issued such a blast and hollow roar , As threaten'd from the hinge to heave the door ; In through the door a ...
... seem'd to thaw the freezing air . A strait long entry to the temple led , Blind with high walls and horror over - head : Thence issued such a blast and hollow roar , As threaten'd from the hinge to heave the door ; In through the door a ...
Pagina 17
... Seem'd by the posture to discharge her head , O'erfill'd before ; and oft ( her mouth apply'd To the cold heart ) she kiss'd at once , and cry'd . There is an incomparable wildness in the vision of Theodore and Honoria , * that ...
... Seem'd by the posture to discharge her head , O'erfill'd before ; and oft ( her mouth apply'd To the cold heart ) she kiss'd at once , and cry'd . There is an incomparable wildness in the vision of Theodore and Honoria , * that ...
Pagina 19
... seems to disqua- lify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , be- cause he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticism he has given of the rest in his preface to the volume . I ...
... seems to disqua- lify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , be- cause he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticism he has given of the rest in his preface to the volume . I ...
Pagina 22
... seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inar- tificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ; the noisy roughness of which may be particularly ...
... seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inar- tificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ; the noisy roughness of which may be particularly ...
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Pagina 215 - 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.
Pagina 181 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Pagina 209 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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 99 - 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 destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Pagina 187 - Who pens a stanza, when he should engross ? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, scrawls With desp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain.
Pagina 68 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Pagina 60 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Pagina 66 - That there should be more species of intelligent creatures above us, than there are of sensible and material below us, is probable to me from hence, that in all the visible corporeal world, we see no chasms or no gaps. All quite down from us, the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other.
Pagina 75 - What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone. Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide ; First strip off all her equipage of Pride ; Deduct what is but Vanity or dress, Or Learning's luxury, or Idleness ; Or tricks to show the stretch of human brain, Mere curious pleasure, or ingenious pain ; Expunge the whole, or lop th...
Pagina 109 - Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.