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... mufic of his lines , and the variety of his numbers . His addreffes to the Em- peror , to Agrippa , to Pollio , and his panegyric on Drufus , are prodigioutly : prodigiously fublime but his hymns to the muses , -A CRITICISM ON.
... mufic of his lines , and the variety of his numbers . His addreffes to the Em- peror , to Agrippa , to Pollio , and his panegyric on Drufus , are prodigioutly : prodigiously fublime but his hymns to the muses , -A CRITICISM ON.
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... number ; the whole of his works , at a random compu- tation , amounting only to about 7000 lines ; whereof not above one half are of that fpecies of poetry on which he defired to fix all his pretenfions to fame . And it was upon thefe ...
... number ; the whole of his works , at a random compu- tation , amounting only to about 7000 lines ; whereof not above one half are of that fpecies of poetry on which he defired to fix all his pretenfions to fame . And it was upon thefe ...
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... number made the motion flow'r . The flier , tho't had leaden feet , 70 Turn'd round fo quick , you scarce could fee't ; But , flacken'd by fome fecret pow'r , Now hardly moves an inch an hour . The jack and chimney , near ally'd , Had ...
... number made the motion flow'r . The flier , tho't had leaden feet , 70 Turn'd round fo quick , you scarce could fee't ; But , flacken'd by fome fecret pow'r , Now hardly moves an inch an hour . The jack and chimney , near ally'd , Had ...
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... a goodly pile . Each number had its diff'rent pow'r : Heroic ftrains could build a tow'r ; Sonnets , or elegies to Chloris , Might raise a house about two stories i T .5 10 A lyric ode would slate ; a catch Would tile 76 A BA L LA D.
... a goodly pile . Each number had its diff'rent pow'r : Heroic ftrains could build a tow'r ; Sonnets , or elegies to Chloris , Might raise a house about two stories i T .5 10 A lyric ode would slate ; a catch Would tile 76 A BA L LA D.
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... number'd , half encompafs'd round , You ftrove for ev'ry inch of ground ; Then , by a foldierly retreat , Retir'd to your imperial feat . 85 90 The victor , when your fteps he trac❜d , Found all the realms before him wafte : You , o'er ...
... number'd , half encompafs'd round , You ftrove for ev'ry inch of ground ; Then , by a foldierly retreat , Retir'd to your imperial feat . 85 90 The victor , when your fteps he trac❜d , Found all the realms before him wafte : You , o'er ...
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Página 102 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 112 - When age must print a furrow'd trace On every feature of her face, Though you, and all your senseless tribe, Could Art, or Time, or Nature bribe, To make you look like Beauty's queen, And hold for ever at fifteen, No bloom of youth can ever blind The cracks and wrinkles of your mind ; All men of sense will pass your door, And crowd to Stella's at fourscore.
Página 223 - And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood...
Página 327 - By G — , they don't signify this pinch of snuff. To give a young gentleman right education, The army's the only good school in the nation: My schoolmaster call'd me a dunce and a fool, But at cuffs I was always the cock of the school ; I never could take to my book for the blood o
Página 223 - His stomach too begins to fail ; Last year we thought him strong and hale ; But now he's quite another thing : I wish he may hold out till spring...
Página 223 - As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us/ If this perhaps your patience move, Let reason and experience prove.
Página 223 - tis a shocking sight, And he's engaged to-morrow night; My Lady Club will take it ill, If he should fail her at quadrille. He loved the Dean— (I lead a heart,) But dearest friends, they say, must part. His time was come: he ran his race; We hope he's in a better place.
Página 43 - Love why do we one passion call, When 'tis a compound of them all? Where hot and cold, where sharp and sweet, In all their equipages meet ; Where pleasures mix'd with pains appear, Sorrow with joy, and hope with fear ; Wherein his dignity and age Forbid Cadenus to engage.
Página 52 - what's this you tell us? I hope you don't believe me jealous! But yet, methinks, I feel it true, And really yours is budding too — Nay, — now I cannot stir my foot; It feels as if 'twere taking root.
Página 324 - You had like to have put it quite out of my head. ' Next day, to be sure, the captain will come At the head of his troop, with trumpet and drum. Now, madam, observe how he marches in state ; The man with the kettledrum enters the gate : Dub, dub, adub, dub.