A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison. Hammond. Savage. Hill. Tickell. Somervile. Broome. Pitt. BlairJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
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... er the plain , And think old Spenfer is reviv'd again . But when once more the godlike man begun In words fmooth flowing from his tuneful tongue , Ravish'd they gaze , and struck with wonder fay , Sure Spenfer's felf ne'er fung so sweet ...
... er the plain , And think old Spenfer is reviv'd again . But when once more the godlike man begun In words fmooth flowing from his tuneful tongue , Ravish'd they gaze , and struck with wonder fay , Sure Spenfer's felf ne'er fung so sweet ...
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... ne'er been damn'd to fame : The fenfe of found antiquity had reign'd , And facred Homer yet been unprofan'd . None e'er had thought his comprehenfive mind To modern customs , modern rules confin'd ; Who for all ages writ , and all ...
... ne'er been damn'd to fame : The fenfe of found antiquity had reign'd , And facred Homer yet been unprofan'd . None e'er had thought his comprehenfive mind To modern customs , modern rules confin'd ; Who for all ages writ , and all ...
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... er the vales , and feem to tread the sky ; Th ' eternal fnows appear already past , And the first clouds and ... ne'er was , nor is , nor e'er shall be . In every work regard the writer's end , Since notte can compass more than ...
... er the vales , and feem to tread the sky ; Th ' eternal fnows appear already past , And the first clouds and ... ne'er was , nor is , nor e'er shall be . In every work regard the writer's end , Since notte can compass more than ...
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... ne'er contain . Then build a new , or ac it in a plain . " Thus critics , of lefs judgment than caprice , Curious , not knowing , not exact but nice , Form fhort ideas ; and offend in arts ( As most in manners ) by a love to parts . 289 ...
... ne'er contain . Then build a new , or ac it in a plain . " Thus critics , of lefs judgment than caprice , Curious , not knowing , not exact but nice , Form fhort ideas ; and offend in arts ( As most in manners ) by a love to parts . 289 ...
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... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reafon and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors names , not works , and then Nor praife ...
... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reafon and conclude by precedent , And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors names , not works , and then Nor praife ...
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Page 92 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 23 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 92 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Page 89 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 89 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Page 13 - Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 35 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 161 - ... or science, which have not been touched upon by others ; we have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights. If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry...
Page 102 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!