Epigrams, Ancient and Modern: Humorous, Witty, Satirical, Moral and PanegyricalJohn Booth Longmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 327 стор. |
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... nature of the materials upon which such eulogy , or crowning feature of the object commemorated , ' had to be engraven , the words of necessity were required to be few . And , inasmuch as they were intended to 6 catch the eye , and ...
... nature of the materials upon which such eulogy , or crowning feature of the object commemorated , ' had to be engraven , the words of necessity were required to be few . And , inasmuch as they were intended to 6 catch the eye , and ...
Сторінка xi
... humour often borders upon affectation , whilst his adulation of Domitian , one of the most execrable of the Roman Emperors , makes one blush for the depth of moral depravity into which our nature can descend . Preface . xi.
... humour often borders upon affectation , whilst his adulation of Domitian , one of the most execrable of the Roman Emperors , makes one blush for the depth of moral depravity into which our nature can descend . Preface . xi.
Сторінка xii
... nature can descend . In our own day , and in our own language , an epigram is understood to mean a poem distin- guished for its point , elegance and brevity ; confined to one principal thought or subject ; and so briefly and forcibly ...
... nature can descend . In our own day , and in our own language , an epigram is understood to mean a poem distin- guished for its point , elegance and brevity ; confined to one principal thought or subject ; and so briefly and forcibly ...
Сторінка xix
... nature , it was necessary to set some limits to the field from whence the materials of its subject matter were to be collected . Had the range been extended , and the poetic treasure - houses of the East been ransacked , doubtless many ...
... nature , it was necessary to set some limits to the field from whence the materials of its subject matter were to be collected . Had the range been extended , and the poetic treasure - houses of the East been ransacked , doubtless many ...
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... nature that's within , By your limping foot we learn Your intellect's a lame concern . 9 ( Lucillius . Jac . b . xi . ep . 310. ) Hair , wax , rouge , honey , teeth you buy , A multifarious store . A mask at once would all supply , Nor ...
... nature that's within , By your limping foot we learn Your intellect's a lame concern . 9 ( Lucillius . Jac . b . xi . ep . 310. ) Hair , wax , rouge , honey , teeth you buy , A multifarious store . A mask at once would all supply , Nor ...
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Anacreon Anon Ausonius b. x. ep beauty Ben Jonson Bishop Bishop of Exeter boast Cæsar Catullus cause Chancellor Charles charms Church Court Cowper cried daughter dead Dean Swift dear death devil died Doctor doth Dryden Duke Earl edition England English epigram fair fame fate fool French Garrick George give gold Greek Greek Anthology head heart heaven honour Horace Walpole John Johnson King Kit-cat Club knave Lady Latin lies live Lord Chancellor Lord Neaves Lucillius married Martial Mock Epitaph ne'er never Nicarchus o'er once Oxford Palladas Pitt poem poet poor Pope praise pray Queen quoth R. B. Sheridan R. H. Barham replied satire sure Swift tell thee there's thine thing thou art thought translated true Venus verse Whig Whilst wife wine woman write wrote
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Сторінка 51 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Сторінка 326 - Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word — From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind ; She freely lent to all the poor — Who left a pledge behind.
Сторінка 78 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Сторінка xiii - The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.
Сторінка 212 - Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
Сторінка ix - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin, that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Сторінка 102 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Сторінка 327 - When she has walk'd before. But now, her wealth and finery fled, Her hangers-on cut short all ; The doctors found, when she was dead — Her last disorder mortal. Let us lament, in sorrow sore, For Kent-street well may say, That had she lived a twelvemonth more — She had not died to-day.
Сторінка xix - On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.
Сторінка 21 - I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell: But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.