The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20Samuel Johnson J. Nichols, 1779 |
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Halaman 8
... thought excellent in an amusement I have very little praflifed hitherto , nor perhaps ever fhall again . Reputation of this fort is very hard to be get , and very easy to be loft ; its purfuit is painful , and its pof- fethion ...
... thought excellent in an amusement I have very little praflifed hitherto , nor perhaps ever fhall again . Reputation of this fort is very hard to be get , and very easy to be loft ; its purfuit is painful , and its pof- fethion ...
Halaman 9
... thought fit by the College , to reinforce the obfervance of the ftatutes by a bond , which fome of them would not comply with , though none of them had refufed the ceremony of the cuftomary oath ; like fome that will truft their wives ...
... thought fit by the College , to reinforce the obfervance of the ftatutes by a bond , which fome of them would not comply with , though none of them had refufed the ceremony of the cuftomary oath ; like fome that will truft their wives ...
Halaman 10
... thought it their intereft to defeat so laudable a design . The intention of this preface is not to perfuade inan- kind to enter into our quarrels , but to vindicate the au- thor from being cenfured of taking any indecent liberty with a ...
... thought it their intereft to defeat so laudable a design . The intention of this preface is not to perfuade inan- kind to enter into our quarrels , but to vindicate the au- thor from being cenfured of taking any indecent liberty with a ...
Halaman 14
... Horace , Sheffield , Montague . And yet ' tis thought , fome critics in this town , By rules to all , but to themselves , unknown , Will damn thy verse , and justify their own . Why Why let them damn : were it not wondrous hard [ 14 ]
... Horace , Sheffield , Montague . And yet ' tis thought , fome critics in this town , By rules to all , but to themselves , unknown , Will damn thy verse , and justify their own . Why Why let them damn : were it not wondrous hard [ 14 ]
Halaman 16
... thoughts , with decoration - rhyme . The fatire of vile fcribblers fhall appear On none , except upon themselves , fevere : While yours contemns the gall of vulgar fpite ; And when you feem to smile the most , you bite . ТНО . СНЕЕК ...
... thoughts , with decoration - rhyme . The fatire of vile fcribblers fhall appear On none , except upon themselves , fevere : While yours contemns the gall of vulgar fpite ; And when you feem to smile the most , you bite . ТНО . СНЕЕК ...
Istilah dan frasa umum
ancient Apicius arms Art of Cookery becauſe beſt Britiſh charms Cook cries defign defire difh diſhes drefs eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fair fame fate fatire fear feas Feaſt feem feen fend fent feven fhall fhew fhould fighs filk filver fince fire firft firſt Fiſh fkies flame fleep fmiles fome fomething foon foul fprings freſh Friend ftill ftreams fubject fuch fure give grace greateſt himſelf honour Jove juft juſt King laft laſt Latian leaſt lefs loft Love Mafter meat moft moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er Nymph o'er obferves occafion Orpheus Ovid paffion paſt perfons pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poets prefent purſue raiſe reaſon reign rife riſe ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand unleſs uſe verfe Vertumnus Whilft whofe whoſe wife Wine
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 203 - Ingenious Lister, were a picture drawn, With Cynthia's face, but with a neck like Brawn ; With wings of Turkey, and with feet of Calf, Though drawn by Kneller, it would make you laugh.
Halaman 110 - Gentiles' great apostle's name, With grace divine great Anna's seen to rise, An awful form, that glads a nation's eyes. Beneath her feet four mighty realms appear, And with due reverence pay their homage there) Britain and Ireland seem to owe her grace, And e'en wild India wears a smiling face.
Halaman 5 - It is hard, that to think well of you, fhould be but juftice, and to tell you fo, mould be an offence : thus, rather than violate your modefty, I muft be wanting to your other virtues ; and, to gratify one good quality, do wrong to a thoufand. The world...
Halaman 410 - WHEN the young people ride the Skimmington, There is a general trembling in a town : Not only he for whom the person rides Suffers, but they sweep other doors besides ; And by that hieroglyphic does appear That the good woman is the master there.
Halaman 15 - Should not have leave to judge, as well as kill : Nay, let them write ; let them their forces join, And hope the motley piece may rival thine. Safely defpife their malice, and their toil, Which vulgar ears alone will reach, and will defile.
Halaman 406 - More out of choice, than that he loft his way, He let his company the Hare purfue, For he himfelf had other game in view. A Beggar by her trade ; yet not fo mean, But that her cheeks were frefh, and linen clean. J' Miftrefs," quoth he, " and what if we two fhou'd * Retire a little way into the wood...
Halaman 170 - Clafficks as if we were never to get higher than our Tully or our Virgil. You tantalize me only, when you tell me of the Edition of a Book by the ingenious Dr. Lifter, which you fay is a Treatife De Condlmentis & Offoniis Peterum, ••Of " Of the Sauces and Soups of the Ancients,
Halaman 44 - Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run : So lines that from their parallel decline, More they proceed, the more they still disjoin.
Halaman 10 - ... far real, though the poetical relation be fictitious. I hope no body will think the author too undecently reflecting through the whole, who being too liable to faults himfelf, ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others.
Halaman 11 - I think in my conscience a very able physician as well as a gentleman of extraordinary learning. If I am hard upon any one it is my reader ; but some worthy gentlemen, as remarkable for their humanity as their extraordinary parts, have taken, care to make him amends for it, by prefixing something of their own.