The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Zväzky 6–7Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Strana 5
... nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our Authors make a doubt Whether he were more wife or ftout : Some hold the one , and fome the other , But , howfoe'er they make a pother , 15 . 20 25 ૩૦ The peregrinations are fo ...
... nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our Authors make a doubt Whether he were more wife or ftout : Some hold the one , and fome the other , But , howfoe'er they make a pother , 15 . 20 25 ૩૦ The peregrinations are fo ...
Strana 11
... natures by abstracts ; Where Entity and Quiddity , 145 The ghosts of defunct bodies , fly ; Where truth in perfon does appear , Like words congeal'd in northern air . He knew what ' s what , and that's as high As metaphyfic wit can fly ...
... natures by abstracts ; Where Entity and Quiddity , 145 The ghosts of defunct bodies , fly ; Where truth in perfon does appear , Like words congeal'd in northern air . He knew what ' s what , and that's as high As metaphyfic wit can fly ...
Strana 33
... it was in spite Of Nature , and their ftars , to write ; Who ( as we find in fullen writs , And cross - grain'd works of modern wits ) VOL . I .. D 650 With With vanity , opinion , want , The wonder of HUDIBRAS , PART I. CANTO I. 33.
... it was in spite Of Nature , and their ftars , to write ; Who ( as we find in fullen writs , And cross - grain'd works of modern wits ) VOL . I .. D 650 With With vanity , opinion , want , The wonder of HUDIBRAS , PART I. CANTO I. 33.
Strana 35
... nature of these adventures and , confequently , to a Briton , preferable to thofe in Homer or Virgil ? Ver . 689 , 690. ] Alluding to the bull - running at Tutbury in Staffordshire ; where folemn proclamation was made by the Steward ...
... nature of these adventures and , confequently , to a Briton , preferable to thofe in Homer or Virgil ? Ver . 689 , 690. ] Alluding to the bull - running at Tutbury in Staffordshire ; where folemn proclamation was made by the Steward ...
Strana 69
... natural one ; his political perfon , they faid , must be , and was , with the Parliament , though . his natural perfon was at war with them . Ver . 530. ] Good Lord ( fays the True Informer , p . 12. ) " what a deal of dirt was thrown ...
... natural one ; his political perfon , they faid , must be , and was , with the Parliament , though . his natural perfon was at war with them . Ver . 530. ] Good Lord ( fays the True Informer , p . 12. ) " what a deal of dirt was thrown ...
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Strana 312 - tis a greater mystery in the art Of painting to foreshorten any part, Than draw it out ; so 'tis in books the chief Of all perfections to be plain and brief.
Strana 9 - Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin ; It had an odd promiscuous tone, As if h' had talk'd three parts in one ; Which made some think, when he did gabble, Th' had heard three labourers of Babel, Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leash of languages at once.
Strana 10 - His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with gray.
Strana 179 - Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other courts o' th' nation ; Have equal power to adjourn, Appoint appearance and return...
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Strana 15 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...