Miscellanies in Prose and VerseS. Fairbrother, 1721 - 279 pages |
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Page 129
... Poets in all other Ages and Countries . For Example , a Country who is reprefented with no other Vice but that of being a Clown , and having the Pro vincial Accent upon his Tongue , which is nei ther a Fault nor in his Power to remedy ...
... Poets in all other Ages and Countries . For Example , a Country who is reprefented with no other Vice but that of being a Clown , and having the Pro vincial Accent upon his Tongue , which is nei ther a Fault nor in his Power to remedy ...
Page 130
... Poets ever fuffer'd a crimi- nal Amour to fucceed upon the Stage , ' till the en Reign of King Charles the Second . Ever fince that Time , the Alderman is made a Cuckold , the deluded Virgin is debauched , and Adultry and Fornication ...
... Poets ever fuffer'd a crimi- nal Amour to fucceed upon the Stage , ' till the en Reign of King Charles the Second . Ever fince that Time , the Alderman is made a Cuckold , the deluded Virgin is debauched , and Adultry and Fornication ...
Page 145
... with relation to Pofterity , let him confi- der in old Books , what he finds that he is glad to know , and what , Omiffions he most what . laments . WHAT " 7 WHATEVER the Poets pretend , ' tis plain they give MORAL and DIVERTING . 145.
... with relation to Pofterity , let him confi- der in old Books , what he finds that he is glad to know , and what , Omiffions he most what . laments . WHAT " 7 WHATEVER the Poets pretend , ' tis plain they give MORAL and DIVERTING . 145.
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Jonathan Swift. WHATEVER the Poets pretend , ' tis plain they give Immortality to none but themselves ; ' Tis Homer and Virgil we reverence and admire , not Achilles , or Æneas . With Hiftorians it is quite the contrary ; our Thoughts ...
Jonathan Swift. WHATEVER the Poets pretend , ' tis plain they give Immortality to none but themselves ; ' Tis Homer and Virgil we reverence and admire , not Achilles , or Æneas . With Hiftorians it is quite the contrary ; our Thoughts ...
Page 153
... Poet obferves , Naturam expellas furcâ licet , ufque recurret . Hor . BUT the various Opinions of Philofophers have fcattered through the World as many . Plagues of the Mind , as Pandora's Box did thofe of the Body , only with this ...
... Poet obferves , Naturam expellas furcâ licet , ufque recurret . Hor . BUT the various Opinions of Philofophers have fcattered through the World as many . Plagues of the Mind , as Pandora's Box did thofe of the Body , only with this ...
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Page 240 - When a Man's Thoughts are clear, the properest Words will generally offer themselves first; and his own Judgment will direct him in what Order to place them, so as they may be best understood.
Page 92 - Great wits love to be free with the highest objects, and if they cannot be allowed a God to revile or renounce, they will speak evil of dignities, abuse the Government, and reflect upon the Ministry...
Page 243 - As I take it, the two principal branches of preaching are, first, to tell the people what is their duty, and then to convince them that it is so.
Page 105 - To conclude : whatever some may think of the great advantages to trade by this favourite scheme, I do very much apprehend, that in six months...
Page 104 - ... for of what use is freedom of thought if it will not produce freedom of action ? which is the sole end, how remote soever in appearance, of all objections against Christianity...
Page 223 - Now from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow, And bear their Trophies with them as they go: Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell.
Page 99 - ... for the vulgar. Not that I am in the least of opinion with those who hold religion' to have been the invention of politicians, to keep the lower part of the world in awe by the fear of invisible powers; unless mankind were then very different to what it is now: For I look upon the...
Page 206 - Found his head fill'd with many a system ; But classic authors — he ne'er...
Page 223 - Triumphant tories, and desponding whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs. Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within.
Page 42 - I should think that the saying, Vox populi vox Dei, ought to be understood of the universal bent and current of a People, not of the bare majority of a few representatives ; which is often procured by little arts, and great industry and application ; wherein those, who engage in the pursuits of malice and revenge, are much more sedulous than such as would prevent them.