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Page ii
... persons not very strongly prejudiced in favour of such ac- complishments . Such was the fame of his genius , and such the vivacity of his disposition , that his company was very earnestly solicited ; and to suppress or withhold our ...
... persons not very strongly prejudiced in favour of such ac- complishments . Such was the fame of his genius , and such the vivacity of his disposition , that his company was very earnestly solicited ; and to suppress or withhold our ...
Page vi
... person , in his taste , nor in his acquaintance ; he lost his dignity , his time , and his peace of mind . The profits of the publications in which he engaged , were dissipated by a total neglect of economy . While the works of his more ...
... person , in his taste , nor in his acquaintance ; he lost his dignity , his time , and his peace of mind . The profits of the publications in which he engaged , were dissipated by a total neglect of economy . While the works of his more ...
Page viii
... persons of quality , 1751 ; the parts of Iago and Othello being filled by Sir John , and his brother Sir Francis Blake Delaval . After an interval of little more than two years , he appear- ed to be pretty well restored ; and was ...
... persons of quality , 1751 ; the parts of Iago and Othello being filled by Sir John , and his brother Sir Francis Blake Delaval . After an interval of little more than two years , he appear- ed to be pretty well restored ; and was ...
Page xii
... persons greatly his superiors in rank and character , either induced him to expect mines of wealth from the exertion of his ta- lents , or encouraged him to think himself exempted from at tention to common obligations . But his chief ...
... persons greatly his superiors in rank and character , either induced him to expect mines of wealth from the exertion of his ta- lents , or encouraged him to think himself exempted from at tention to common obligations . But his chief ...
Page xiii
... persons who were to adjudge the prizes which he obtained . Of his Odes it may be said in general , that they are spi- rited and poetical . It will be difficult to find any other qua- lity equally applicable to compositions very ...
... persons who were to adjudge the prizes which he obtained . Of his Odes it may be said in general , that they are spi- rited and poetical . It will be difficult to find any other qua- lity equally applicable to compositions very ...
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æquor ætas agreeable amor Apollo aquæ atque Augustus Bacchus Bentl Cæsar Canidia CARMEN celebrated Chimæra CHORUS CHRISTOPHER SMART cœlo Colchian Cùm Cunn curas death decus delight Deorum Deos Diana domos domum dread Dulce dulci earth father Faunus fide Geloni genius Gods hæc happy Heins hinc honours Horace Illum impious inter Jovis Jupiter juventus lustrum LYDIA lyrâ lyre Mæcenas malè manus mare MECENATEM Medes mero mihi mind muse nefas neque nimiùm nunc omne pater pede Phoebus poet præter praises prece priùs puer Quâ quæ Quàm quibus Quid Quis Quò quòd rage Ritè Roman sacred sæpe Scythians semel semper Simoïs sinè sing Sive Smart Sthenelus tamen Tanaïs Telegonus Telephus temples Teucer thee thou Thracian tibi Tibur Trojan Troy tuæ ultrà ventis Venus verse vina Vindelici virgins virtue vultus Wakef wine youth
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Page 186 - EXEGI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam. Usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita Virgine pontifex.
Page 236 - Queruntur in silvis aves, Fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus, Somnos quod invitet leves. At cum tonantis annus hibernus Jovis Imbres nivesque comparat, 30 Aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas, Aut amite levi rara tendit retia, Turdis edacibus dolos, Pavidumque leporem et advenam laqueo gruem 35 Jucunda captat praemia.
Page 30 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?
Page 208 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Page 76 - Cedes coemptis saltibus et domo Villaque, flavus quam Tiberis lavit, Cedes, et exstructis in altum Divitiis potietur heres.
Page 76 - Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem, non secus in bonis ab insolenti temperatam laetitia, moriture Delli, seu maestus omni tempore vixeris, 5 seu te in remoto gramine per dies festos reclinatum bearis interiore nota Falerni.
Page viii - I perceived upon his table a quarto book, in which he had been writing, a prayer book and a Horace: after the first compliments, I said I had been at Margate, had seen his mother and his sister, who expressed great kindness for him, and made me promise to come and see him; to this he made no reply; nor did he make any enquiry after...
Page xiii - Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved.
Page ix - But, Sir, I gave a receipt for a hundred.' My astonishment, however was now over, and 1 found that he received only thirteen pounds, because the rest had been advanced for his family; this was a tender point, and I found means immediately to divert him from it. He is with very decent people, in a house most delightfully situated, with a terrace that overlooks St. James's Park and has a door into it.
Page 182 - Jam clarus occultum Andromedae pater Ostendit ignem, jam Procyon furit Et stella vesani Leonis, Sole dies referente siccos.