All the Talents: A Satirical Poem, in Four Dialogues : to which is Added, A Pastoral EpilogueJ.J. Stockdale, 1807 - 152 strán (strany) |
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Strana xix
... not on account of any pique or slight towards those wor- thy gentlemen who figure in it , and to whom , on the contrary , I feel highly obliged , as they have innocently been b2 the means of affording much entertain- ment to my muse.
... not on account of any pique or slight towards those wor- thy gentlemen who figure in it , and to whom , on the contrary , I feel highly obliged , as they have innocently been b2 the means of affording much entertain- ment to my muse.
Strana xx
... means of affording much entertain- ment to my muse . I do not expect , indeed , that they will lay me under equal obligations in this Dialogue . Besides the disadvan- tage I labour under in being obliged to speak of the same personages ...
... means of affording much entertain- ment to my muse . I do not expect , indeed , that they will lay me under equal obligations in this Dialogue . Besides the disadvan- tage I labour under in being obliged to speak of the same personages ...
Strana 34
... mean ; Not firm , but stubborn ; sullen not serene : Means to be proud , but only pompous proves , And sometimes stuns our reason , never moves : SCRIBLERUS . Gr - y is an honest patriot- POLYPUS . How d'ye know ? SCRIBLERUS . Half his ...
... mean ; Not firm , but stubborn ; sullen not serene : Means to be proud , but only pompous proves , And sometimes stuns our reason , never moves : SCRIBLERUS . Gr - y is an honest patriot- POLYPUS . How d'ye know ? SCRIBLERUS . Half his ...
Strana 41
... means . Such a mode of procedure , if generally practised , would ruin the country . For were men always to be convicted on their own arguments , they would always take care to talk sense . And if men were always to talk sense , there ...
... means . Such a mode of procedure , if generally practised , would ruin the country . For were men always to be convicted on their own arguments , they would always take care to talk sense . And if men were always to talk sense , there ...
Strana 42
... mean to sting his tender friends- POLYPUS . Nay , ' tis to these , to these my Satire tends . Still in these friends his latent spirit lives , And to weak heads a dang'rous bias gives . They love his merits , but his faults pursue , And ...
... mean to sting his tender friends- POLYPUS . Nay , ' tis to these , to these my Satire tends . Still in these friends his latent spirit lives , And to weak heads a dang'rous bias gives . They love his merits , but his faults pursue , And ...
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abuse admire Aitches approv'd B-rd-tt BAVIUS Britons C-nn-ng cause character cold ashes Dev'l disgusting Edition Ev'n ev'ry faction fair fear feel folly fool Fourth Dialogue Fox's Gr-nv-lle Gr-y head heart Heav'n honour hope human JOSEPH STOCKDALE K-mble King King of Sweden late laugh Lord H-w-ck Lordship M-ra Majesty mean merit Merry Andrew MEVIUS mighty Ministers morality muse nation nature ne'er never nister noble nobleman once P-ll P-tty Parliament party PASTORAL EPILOGUE patriot Pitt Pitt's pity Poets political POLYPUS poor possess pow'r praise present Ministry Price prove racter reform Rump Parliament S-dm-th satire SATIRICAL POEM scorn SCRIBLERUS sense shew shou'd silent solemn soul T-ke Talents Talleyrand tell things thro tongue Traitor triumph truth Tu quoque turn'd vanity verse VIRG virtues W-ndh-m Wh-tbr-d Whig wou'd
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Strana 48 - But now, rous'd slowly from her opiate bed, Lethargic Europe lifts the heavy head ; Feels round her heart the creeping torpor close, And starts with horror from her dire repose.
Strana 100 - Sidmouth, if you ask it, Will put to sea (Lord love it) in a basket ! Then if, as now, true glory still inspire, From toils of state firm Canning may retire; Blest in the conscience of a blotless day, And calm while life steals airily away. Then if, as now, true glory swell each breast, Shall Castlereagh, — shall Percival be blest. Now let thy prose, 0 C'obbett, lap me fast In its long periods, and its broad bombast; Thou blust'rer...
Strana 101 - ... meat, And men suck mercy from the tiger's teat ! Yet oh ! to lash a lowly bard forbear: Who stings a princess may a poet spare. Go ! in thy paper, to the town proclaim, Thy soul unsex'd, thy forehead void of shame; Go ! with brass tongue, around the city call, Scurrility, huzza ! and heigh for Paull ! Spare me not Chronicles and Sunday News!
Strana 49 - From these sources I draw my politics, and these tell me, we shall triumph. The red right hand of Providence is every where visible. Even at this moment it is performing the promised work of papal extirpation. Persevere then, Britons, in the mighty task before you. To recede from it were ruin, Be firm, and you triumph—fear, and you fall.