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... eyes and judgments , that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof , than to make a portrait of Proteus , or to define the figure of fleeting air . Some- . times it lieth in pat allusion to a known story , or ...
... eyes and judgments , that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof , than to make a portrait of Proteus , or to define the figure of fleeting air . Some- . times it lieth in pat allusion to a known story , or ...
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... eyes , Blood , long congealèd , liquefies ! True miracle , and fairly done , By heads which are ador'd while on . 2d , The Metaphor , which is but another form of the Simile , or , as Addison has defined it , " A Simile in a Word ...
... eyes , Blood , long congealèd , liquefies ! True miracle , and fairly done , By heads which are ador'd while on . 2d , The Metaphor , which is but another form of the Simile , or , as Addison has defined it , " A Simile in a Word ...
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... eyes , Though dress'd with incoherent gooseberries : Crabs , salmon , lobsters , are with fennel spread , Who never touch'd that herb till they were dead : Yet no man lards salt pork with orange - peel , Or garnishes his lamb with ...
... eyes , Though dress'd with incoherent gooseberries : Crabs , salmon , lobsters , are with fennel spread , Who never touch'd that herb till they were dead : Yet no man lards salt pork with orange - peel , Or garnishes his lamb with ...
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... eyes . ( Huncamunca is the princess royal . ) King . ( aside ) Prodigious bold request ! And the simile of the Dogs is too good to omit , for the solem- nity of its triviality and the stately monosyllabic stamp of its music : - So when ...
... eyes . ( Huncamunca is the princess royal . ) King . ( aside ) Prodigious bold request ! And the simile of the Dogs is too good to omit , for the solem- nity of its triviality and the stately monosyllabic stamp of its music : - So when ...
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... eyes all night . The fever hindered her from getting a wink of sleep ; so that we were obliged to watch by her till morning . Org . And Tartuffe ? Dor . Tartuffe , happy gentleman , with a comfortable yawn , goes right from table to bed ...
... eyes all night . The fever hindered her from getting a wink of sleep ; so that we were obliged to watch by her till morning . Org . And Tartuffe ? Dor . Tartuffe , happy gentleman , with a comfortable yawn , goes right from table to bed ...
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Page 251 - Though 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 to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and...
Page 218 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise...
Page 181 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 90 - And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy 'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 89 - He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly, unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 208 - The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams trembling on the floating tides : While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die : •Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smil'd, and all the world was gay.
Page 193 - And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty: Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology...
Page 4 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Page 160 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Page 211 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.