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Page xvii
... nature which in the Augustan age flocked to Rome as the centre of the known world , he was a keen and a close observer . Jealously he noted the deteriorating influence these foreign elements were exercising on the grand old Roman ...
... nature which in the Augustan age flocked to Rome as the centre of the known world , he was a keen and a close observer . Jealously he noted the deteriorating influence these foreign elements were exercising on the grand old Roman ...
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... natural conse- quence , sobriety , moderation , and truth to nature no longer are esteemed so indispensable . In this style Juvenal has had many imitators , but no superiors . His satires represent the final develop- ment the form ...
... natural conse- quence , sobriety , moderation , and truth to nature no longer are esteemed so indispensable . In this style Juvenal has had many imitators , but no superiors . His satires represent the final develop- ment the form ...
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... nature . Hudibras , therefore , is an example not so much of satire , though satire is present in rich measure also , as of burlesque . The poem is genuinely satirical only in those parts where the author steps in as the chorus , so to ...
... nature . Hudibras , therefore , is an example not so much of satire , though satire is present in rich measure also , as of burlesque . The poem is genuinely satirical only in those parts where the author steps in as the chorus , so to ...
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... nature , truth , and reason was Boileau's first task . It was a task which called for courage and skill . . . he struck at the follies and affectations of the world of letters , and he struck with force . It was a needful duty , and one ...
... nature , truth , and reason was Boileau's first task . It was a task which called for courage and skill . . . he struck at the follies and affectations of the world of letters , and he struck with force . It was a needful duty , and one ...
Page xxxvii
... sobriety and moderation of the colours , the truth to nature , the delicate raillery , and the polished sarcasm of their — satiric animadversions . Addison has studied his Horace to advantage STEELE AND ADDISON . xxxvii.
... sobriety and moderation of the colours , the truth to nature , the delicate raillery , and the polished sarcasm of their — satiric animadversions . Addison has studied his Horace to advantage STEELE AND ADDISON . xxxvii.
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Page 128 - Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Page 182 - Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's...
Page 140 - Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th...
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Page 150 - Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind: Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal...
Page 152 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Page 36 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk ; VOL.
Page 51 - But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 125 - Proud as Apollo on his forked hill, Sate full-blown Bufo puffd by ev'ry quill; Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Page 51 - Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the...