The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Dialogue. With Notes, Том 1T. Becket, 1797 - 122 стор. |
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Сторінка 32 - As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly, And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly through the sky; As clocks to weight their nimble motion owe, The wheels above urg'd by the load below; Me Emptiness and Dulness could inspire, And were my elasticity and fire. Some díEnion stole my pen (forgive th...
Сторінка 37 - Let not each beauty every where be spied, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points who pleasingly confounds, Surprises, varies, and conceals the bounds. Consult the genius of the place in all; That tells the waters or to rise or fall; Or helps the...
Сторінка 15 - They were read aloud at Warley Common and at Barham Downs, by the adjutants, at the head of five different regiments, at each camp, and much was expected. But before they were half finished, all the front ranks, and as many of the others as were within hearing or verse-shot, dropped their arms suddenly, and were all found fast asleep ! Marquis Townshend, who never approved of the scheme, said, with his usual pleasantry, that the first of all poets observed, 'that sleep is the brother of death.
Сторінка 14 - ... young minds are rightly instituted in their works, they may without much danger read such glittering verses as Dr. Darwin's. They will then perceive the distortion of the sentiment and the harlotry of the ornaments. It would also be a happy thing for all naturalists, whether poets or writers in prose, if they would, in the words of a true poet, ' Look through Nature up to Nature's God.
Сторінка 48 - Mihi est propositum in taberna mori ; Vinum sit appositum morientis ori : Ut dicant, cum venerint, angelorum chori, Deus sit propitius huic potatori.
Сторінка 34 - He has lived to see his eightieth winter, and may he yet long live, with the esteem of the wise and good ; in honourable retirement from the cares of life ; with a gentleness of manners, and a readiness and willingness of literary communication seldom found. He is admired and sought after by the young who are entering on a course of study, and revered, and often followed, by those who have completed it. Above all, he has gone forth, in the strength...
Сторінка 15 - Tyrtseus the Spartan. They were designed to produce animation throughout the kingdom, and among the Militia in particular. Several of the Reviewing Generals (I do not mean the Monthly or Critical) were much impressed with their -weight and importance, and at a board of General Officers, an experiment was agreed upon, which unfortunately failed. They were read aloud...
Сторінка 12 - I am glad however that he has some sense of shame left, by endeavouring to explain away one of the most unbecoming and indecent treatises which ever disgraced the pen of a man who would be thought a scholar and a philosopher ; and I persevere in that opinion, and could be tempted to copy even my former note.§ Mr.
Сторінка 15 - Critical) were much impressed with their weight and importance, and at a board of General Officers, an experiment was agreed upon, which unfortunately failed. They were read aloud at Warley Common, and at Barham Downs by the Adjutants, at the head of five different regiments, at each camp, and much was Or frighten children with Lenora's (f) woes: 70 I could— OCTAVIUS.
Сторінка 32 - Hold ! cries Tom Payne, that margin let me measure. And rate the separate value of each treasure. Eager they gaze : ' Well, sirs, the feat is done ; Cracherode's Poetae Principes have won:' In silent exultation down he sits, With well be-Chaucer'd Winkyn-Wordian wits.