The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... against the most formidable enemy of Rome . Tully indeed was called the learned conful in derifion ; but then he was not born a foldier : his head was turned another way : when he read the Tac- ticks , he was thinking on the bar , which ...
... against the most formidable enemy of Rome . Tully indeed was called the learned conful in derifion ; but then he was not born a foldier : his head was turned another way : when he read the Tac- ticks , he was thinking on the bar , which ...
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... against the stage ; in which he mixes truth with falsehood , and has not forgotten the old rule of calumniating ftrongly , that fomething may remain . I refume I refume the thread of my discourse with the first 18 PREFACE .
... against the stage ; in which he mixes truth with falsehood , and has not forgotten the old rule of calumniating ftrongly , that fomething may remain . I refume I refume the thread of my discourse with the first 18 PREFACE .
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... against the vices of the clergy in his age : their pride , their ambition , their pomp , their avarice , their worldly intereft , deferved the lafhes which he gave them , both in that , and in moft of his Canterbury tales : neither has ...
... against the vices of the clergy in his age : their pride , their ambition , their pomp , their avarice , their worldly intereft , deferved the lafhes which he gave them , both in that , and in moft of his Canterbury tales : neither has ...
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... against good - manners : I am fenfible , as I ought to be , of the scandal I have given by my loose writings ; and make what reparation I am able , by this public acknowledgment . If any thing of this nature , or of profaneness , be ...
... against good - manners : I am fenfible , as I ought to be , of the scandal I have given by my loose writings ; and make what reparation I am able , by this public acknowledgment . If any thing of this nature , or of profaneness , be ...
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... taste of him . I dare not advance my opinion against the judg- ment of so great an author : but I think it fair , how- ever , to leave the decifion to the public : Mr. Cowley was was too modeft to fet up for a dictator ; 34 PRE F A C E.
... taste of him . I dare not advance my opinion against the judg- ment of so great an author : but I think it fair , how- ever , to leave the decifion to the public : Mr. Cowley was was too modeft to fet up for a dictator ; 34 PRE F A C E.
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Página 43 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Página 242 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Página 93 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Página 298 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Página 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Página 26 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Página 66 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Página 239 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Página 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Página 132 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.