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... desire of excel- lence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred , by pro posing subjects , and obliging him to correct his per- formances by many revisals ; after which the old ...
... desire of excel- lence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred , by pro posing subjects , and obliging him to correct his per- formances by many revisals ; after which the old ...
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... desires of intellectual eminence , he spent much of his time over his books ; but he read only to store his mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishable voracity , and with an appetite for ...
... desires of intellectual eminence , he spent much of his time over his books ; but he read only to store his mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishable voracity , and with an appetite for ...
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... desire to do mischief is greater than his power . He has , however , justly cri- ticised some passages in these lines : There are whom Heaven has bless'd with store of Wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For Wit and Judgement ...
... desire to do mischief is greater than his power . He has , however , justly cri- ticised some passages in these lines : There are whom Heaven has bless'd with store of Wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For Wit and Judgement ...
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... desires were too hot for delay , and she liked self - murder better than suspence . 66 Nor is it discovered that the uncle , whoever he was , is with much justice delivered to posterity , as a false guardian , " he seems to have done ...
... desires were too hot for delay , and she liked self - murder better than suspence . 66 Nor is it discovered that the uncle , whoever he was , is with much justice delivered to posterity , as a false guardian , " he seems to have done ...
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... poetry , or who delights to trace the mind from the rudeness of its first conceptions to the elegance of its last , will naturally desire a greater number ; but most other readers are already tired , and I am not xliv THE LIFE OF.
... poetry , or who delights to trace the mind from the rudeness of its first conceptions to the elegance of its last , will naturally desire a greater number ; but most other readers are already tired , and I am not xliv THE LIFE OF.
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Page 130 - 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 xlv - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 145 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Page li - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Page cxii - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
Page 137 - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
Page lxxxii - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 145 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 130 - 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. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind. Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease. Together mixt: sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page cxx - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.