...him as "fat Johnson," and in his " Fragment of a Satire " has tins spoken of him : — ' ' Jo — n, who now to sense, now nonsense, leaning. Means not, but blunders round about a meaning." 1 Lewis Theobald, the editor of Shakespeare, and the hero of the first Dunciad. Died 1744. in every...

...barrenness appear, And strain from hard-bound brains, eight llnes a year. Pope's Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnat. And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad. Pope's EpisOe ta Dr. АrЬatiаиЛ. That flattery ev'n to kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie...

...appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a-year He who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad: All these rny modest satire bade translate, And owned that nine such poets made a Tate. How did they fume, and...

...appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year ; He who, still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...but blunders round about a meaning : And he, whose fustian 's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : 1 ' A Persian tale : ' Ambrose Philips...

...appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year ; He who, still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...but blunders round about a meaning : And he, whose fustian 's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : 1 « A Persian tale : ' Ambrose...

...editor of the Quarterly sends us a printed report of a speech delivered by an AB, of the class of '57, " Who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning." We give a part of one or two of the best sentences : — " It is to a heavenly and not an earthly tribunal,...

...pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown ;n He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe, . Aud swear nut Addison himself was safe....

...appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year; He who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace...

...appear, And strains, from hard-bound brains, eight lines « year ; He, who still wanting, though he lives s'd the ram, the father of the Hock. No sooner freed,...enclosure past, First I release myself, my fellows ie not poetry, but prose run mod : All these, my modest satire bade translate*, And own'd that nine...

...appear, And strains, from hard-bound brains, eight lines a year ; He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...but blunders round about a meaning : And he, whose fuslian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these my modest satire bade translate,...