The Dunciad, in four booksC. Bathurst, 1770 - English literature |
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Page ii
... pleased with so agreeable an amufement ; Mr. Cromwell could not be angry , fince it was but justice to his merit , to publifh the folemn and private profeffions of love , gratitude , and venera- tion , made him by fo celebrated an ...
... pleased with so agreeable an amufement ; Mr. Cromwell could not be angry , fince it was but justice to his merit , to publifh the folemn and private profeffions of love , gratitude , and venera- tion , made him by fo celebrated an ...
Page iii
... pleased to make me a free gift of them , to do what I pleased with them ; and every one knows , that the perfon to whom a letter is addreffed , has the fame right to difpofe of it , as he has of goods pur- chafed with his money . I ...
... pleased to make me a free gift of them , to do what I pleased with them ; and every one knows , that the perfon to whom a letter is addreffed , has the fame right to difpofe of it , as he has of goods pur- chafed with his money . I ...
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... pleased to fay ) in writing to me , fince you have always chofen the task of commending me : take but the other way , and , I dare engage , you will find none at all . As for my verfes , which you praise so much , I may truly fay they ...
... pleased to fay ) in writing to me , fince you have always chofen the task of commending me : take but the other way , and , I dare engage , you will find none at all . As for my verfes , which you praise so much , I may truly fay they ...
Page 14
... pleased with his own . Befides , if the trueft and most ufeful knowledge be the knowledge of ourselves , foli- tude , conducing moft to make us look into ourselves , fhould be the most instructive state of life . We fee nothing more ...
... pleased with his own . Befides , if the trueft and most ufeful knowledge be the knowledge of ourselves , foli- tude , conducing moft to make us look into ourselves , fhould be the most instructive state of life . We fee nothing more ...
Page 89
... pleased to perceive by your quotation from Voiture , that you had track'd me fo far as France . You fee ' tis with weak heads as with weak ftomachs , they immediately throw out what they received laft ; and what they read , floats upon ...
... pleased to perceive by your quotation from Voiture , that you had track'd me fo far as France . You fee ' tis with weak heads as with weak ftomachs , they immediately throw out what they received laft ; and what they read , floats upon ...
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Æneid affure againſt agreeable almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft beſt caufe cauſe CHERLEY converfation Correfpondence CROMWELL defign defire duodecimo eſteem fafely faid fame fatisfaction favour feems feen fend fenfe fent fentiments ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fince fincerity firft firſt fo long fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip fubject fuch fure give happineſs HENRY CROMWELL himſelf honour hope judgment juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never numbers obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid Paftorals perfon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry poffible Pope Pope's praiſe prefent Priam printed profe publiſhed Quintilian reafon reft Sappho ſay ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tranflation uſe verfes verſes whofe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
Popular passages
Page 68 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 271 - My dear, it is only this, that you will never marry an old man again.
Page 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Page 131 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Page 236 - Inarime is an epitome of the whole earth, containing, within the compafs of eighteen miles, a wonderful variety of hills, vales, ragged rocks, fruitful plains, and barren mountains, all thrown together in a moft romantic confufion.
Page 288 - The bottom is paved with simple pebble, as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple, in the natural taste, agreeing not ill with the little dripping murmur, and the aquatic idea of the whole place.
Page 244 - I, if we ride on; the motion is an aid to my fancy, a round trot very much awakens my spirits; then jog on apace, and I'll think as hard as I can.
Page 213 - I distrust neither your will nor your memory, when it is to do good ; and if I ever become troublesome or solicitous, it must not be out of expectation, but out of gratitude.
Page 49 - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
Page 288 - ... radiations ; and when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different scene. It is...