English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satireJ. Cawthorn (printed by T. Collins), 1810 - 85 páginas |
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... boast of France ! Though burnt by wicked BEDFORD for a witch , Behold her statue placed in Glory's niche ; Her fetters burst , and just released from prison , A virgin Phoenix from her ashes risen . Next see tremenduous Thalaba come on ...
... boast of France ! Though burnt by wicked BEDFORD for a witch , Behold her statue placed in Glory's niche ; Her fetters burst , and just released from prison , A virgin Phoenix from her ashes risen . Next see tremenduous Thalaba come on ...
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... boasted locks of red , or auburn hue , * The reader who may wish for an explanation of this , may refer to " STRANGFORD'S CAMOENS , " page 127 , note to page 56 , or to the last page of the Edinburgh Review of STRANG- FORD'S CAMOENS ...
... boasted locks of red , or auburn hue , * The reader who may wish for an explanation of this , may refer to " STRANGFORD'S CAMOENS , " page 127 , note to page 56 , or to the last page of the Edinburgh Review of STRANG- FORD'S CAMOENS ...
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... for which ho received 300 pounds : thus Mr. B. has experienced , how much easier it is to profit by the reputation of another , than to elevate his own . Boeotian COTTLE , rich Bristowa's boast , Imports old stories 30 ENGLISH BARDS ,
... for which ho received 300 pounds : thus Mr. B. has experienced , how much easier it is to profit by the reputation of another , than to elevate his own . Boeotian COTTLE , rich Bristowa's boast , Imports old stories 30 ENGLISH BARDS ,
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... boast , Imports old stories from the Cambrian coast , And sends his goods to market - all alive ! Lines forty thousand , Cantos twenty - five ! Fresh fish from Helicon ! who'll buy ? who'll buy ? The precious bargain's cheap - in faith ...
... boast , Imports old stories from the Cambrian coast , And sends his goods to market - all alive ! Lines forty thousand , Cantos twenty - five ! Fresh fish from Helicon ! who'll buy ? who'll buy ? The precious bargain's cheap - in faith ...
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... boast a judge almost the same : In soul so like , so merciful , yet just , Some think that Satan has resigned his trust , * ARTHUR'S Seat ; the hill which overhangs Edinburgh . And given the Spirit to the world again , To 34 ENGLISH BARDS ,
... boast a judge almost the same : In soul so like , so merciful , yet just , Some think that Satan has resigned his trust , * ARTHUR'S Seat ; the hill which overhangs Edinburgh . And given the Spirit to the world again , To 34 ENGLISH BARDS ,
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ARTHUR'S Seat Ballads Bard Baviad beauties Behold blest boast BOWLES brain CAMOENS CAPEL LOFFT CARLISLE CATULLUS COCKSPUR STREET Comedies Condemned COTTLE Critics crouds Daily Prints dare Deloraine dull Dunciad E'en Edinburgh Review Edition Epic fame feel follies fools genius GIFFORD HAFIZ hail HALLAM hallowed hath hero HOLLAND honour hope inspiration JAMES CAWTHORN JEFFREY JEFFREY'S JUVENAL LAMBE LITTLE's live Lord Lord BOLINGBROKE LORD BYRON Lord Fanny Lordship luckless lyre Lyrical Ballads Marmion mighty Minstrel Muse night numbers o'er once pistol Pixies poem Poesy poet's poetical poetry POPE praise Prince prose published resign rhyme rhymester Satire Satirist scenes SCOTCH REVIEWERS SCOTT scribbler sleep smile song Sonnets sons soul SOUTHEY SOUTHEY's Spirit spurn Stanza STOTT strain taste thee themes thine thing thou throng thy muse thy pen Tolbooth traduce translator Triumphs verse William of Deloraine worthy write yield
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Página 65 - So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Página 65 - Tis true that all who rhyme — nay, all who write — Shrink from that fatal word to genius — trite ; Yet Truth sometimes will lend her noblest fires, And decorate the verse herself inspires : This fact in Virtue's name let Crabbe attest ; Though nature's sternest painter, yet the best.
Página 21 - And each adventure so sublimely tells, That all who view the 'idiot in his glory' Conceive the Bard the hero of the story. Shall gentle COLERIDGE pass unnoticed here, To turgid ode and tumid stanza dear? Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet still Obscurity's a welcome guest. If Inspiration should her aid refuse To him who takes a Pixy for a muse...
Página 64 - White ! f while life was in its spring, And thy young Muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler came, and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science self destroy'd her favourite son.
Página 13 - Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base.
Página 20 - ... shows That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose ; Convincing all, by demonstration plain, Poetic souls delight in prose insane ; And Christmas stories tortured into rhyme Contain the essence of the true sublime. Thus, when he tells the tale of Betty Foy, The idiot mother of
Página 6 - twill pass for wit; Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a Critic hated yet caressed. And shall we own such .judgment? no— as soon Seek roses in December — ice in June; Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff, Believe a woman, or an epitaph, Or any other thing that's false before You trust in Critics...
Página 6 - Take hackney'd jokes from MILLER, got by rote, With just enough of learning to misquote , A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault ; A turn for punning, call it Attic salt ; To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : 70 Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit ; Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd.
Página 19 - Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks. Why all this toil and trouble?
Página 17 - Domdaniel's dread destroyer, who o'erthrew More mad magicians than the world e'er knew. Immortal hero! all thy foes o'ercome. For ever reign— the rival of Tom Thumb!