19. He fell upon whate'er was offer'd-like A priest, a shark, an alderman, or pike. 20. But man is a carnivorous production, 21. BYRON'S Don Juan. And must have meat, at least one meal a day; BYRON'S Don Juan. -All human history attests BYRON'S Don Juan. 22 The big round dumpling rolling from the pot. D. HUMPHREYS. 23 The same stale viands serv'd up o'er and o'er, The stomach nauseate. WYNNE'S Ovid. SHAKSPEARE. APPLAUSE-POPULARITY. 1. Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep 2. O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; And that, which would appear offence in us, His countenance, like richest alchymy, 3. Will change to virtue, and to worthiness. O breath of public praise, Short-liv'd and vain! oft gain'd without desert, As often lost, unmerited! SHAKSPEARE HAVARD. 52 APPLAUSE-POPULARITY. 4. Who most to shun or hate mankind pretend, POPE'S Essay on Man. 5. He spoke, and bow'd; with muttering jaws The wondering circle grinn'd applause. 6. The noisy praise Of giddy crowds is changeable as winds;- GAY's Fables. 7. Some shout him, and some hang upon his ear, DRYDEN. COWPER'S Task. 8. Oh popular applause! what heart of mant 9. In murmur'd pity, or loud-roar'd applause. COWPER'S Task. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 10. What if the popular breath should damn the sun DAWES' Athenia. ARCHITECTURE, &c.— ARGUMENT, &c. 53 ARCHITECTURE - BUILDING. 1. The princely dome, the column and the arch, The sculptur'd marble, and the breathing gold. Did not with curious skill a pile erect Of carved marble, touch, or porphyry, No sumptuous chimney-piece of shining stone And coldly entertain his sight; but clear AKENSIDE. And cheerful flames cherish and warm him here. 3. Windows and doors in nameless sculpture drest, 4. The high embower'd roof, Casting a dim religious light. CAREW. BURNS. 1. MILTON ARGUMENT-SOPHISTRY. But this juggler Would think to chain my judgment, as mine eyes, MILTON'S Comus, ARGUMENT - SOPHISTRY. thy gay wit and false rhetoric, A hath so well been taught her dazzling fence; 3. Reproachful speech from either side 4. Dogmatic jargon learnt by heart, Trite sentences, hard terms of art, MILTON'S Comus. 5. He'd undertake to prove, by force GAY's Fables. GAY's Fables. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 6. A man convinc'd against his will, Is of the same opinion still. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 7. Now with fine phrase, and foppery of tongue, YOUNG. 8. In subtle sophistry's laborious forge. 9. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, YOUNG. But true expression, like th' unchanging sun, POPE'S Essay on Criticism. 10. Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me? POPE'S Moral Essags. 11. Like doctors thus, when much dispute has past, We find our tenets just the same at last. POPE'S Moral Essays. 12. But as some muskets do contrive it, " And so much injur❜d more his side, The stronger arguments he apply'd. TRUMBULL'S M'Fingal. 13. The self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, 14. BYRON'S Childe Harold. O'er erring deeds and thoughts a heav'nly hue BYRON'S Childe Harold. 15. His speech was a fine sample, on the whole, 16. With temper calm and mild, And words of soften'd tone, BYRON'S Don Juan He overthrows his neighbour's cause, Vicksburg Whig |