The Rolliad: In Two Parts ; Probationary Odes for the Laureatship ; and Political Eclogues: with Criticisms and IllustrationsJ. Ridgway, 1799 - 524 עמודים A collection of satires on Pitt and his followers by Richard Tickell, Richard Fitzpatrick, Joseph Richardson, George Ellis, French Laurence and others. |
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עמוד xxii
... Poor CORBETT's Conscience , ' tho ' a little loth , Must blindly gape , and gulp the ' untasted oath ; If he , whose conscience never felt a qualm , If GROGAN fail the good man's doubts to calm . No more shall MORGAN , for his six ...
... Poor CORBETT's Conscience , ' tho ' a little loth , Must blindly gape , and gulp the ' untasted oath ; If he , whose conscience never felt a qualm , If GROGAN fail the good man's doubts to calm . No more shall MORGAN , for his six ...
עמוד 68
... poor Homer , to the farther mortification of suing it . pur- MERLIN proceeds in his relation , and fixes upon an object that will not , we believe , prove any disgrace to our author's general judgment of selection ; namely , that worthy ...
... poor Homer , to the farther mortification of suing it . pur- MERLIN proceeds in his relation , and fixes upon an object that will not , we believe , prove any disgrace to our author's general judgment of selection ; namely , that worthy ...
עמוד 97
... of particulars is infinitely better than any general expression , however strong . Then the poor Prophet obtains a little re- mission of his paroxysm ; he begins to H breathe convulsively - be gasped ; he opens his mouth CRITICISMS ON 97.
... of particulars is infinitely better than any general expression , however strong . Then the poor Prophet obtains a little re- mission of his paroxysm ; he begins to H breathe convulsively - be gasped ; he opens his mouth CRITICISMS ON 97.
עמוד 135
... poor shall pray , Since all the bounty which thy heart denies , Drain'd by thy schemes , the treasury supplies . The reference to the noble Duke's kit- chen , is a most exquisite compliment to his Grace's well - known and determined ...
... poor shall pray , Since all the bounty which thy heart denies , Drain'd by thy schemes , the treasury supplies . The reference to the noble Duke's kit- chen , is a most exquisite compliment to his Grace's well - known and determined ...
עמוד 137
... poor shall pray ! Our author , however , whose correct judg- ment suggested to him , that even the sub- limity of surprise was not to be obtained at the expence of truth and probability , hastens to reconcile all contradictions , by ...
... poor shall pray ! Our author , however , whose correct judg- ment suggested to him , that even the sub- limity of surprise was not to be obtained at the expence of truth and probability , hastens to reconcile all contradictions , by ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
admirable Æneid alluded ANTISTROPHE beauty Behold BILLY CECIL WRAY character compliment Court critics D-mn DELAVAL Delpini divine Duke DUNDAS Eclogue eyes fair fame fate favour genius George give glory grace Hail hand Hastings head Heav'n hero honour House of Commons illustrious IMITATIONS JENKY Joseph Warton justice King kingdom of Ireland late Laureat learned Lord Lordship lyre Majesty Marquis Marquis of Buckingham MERLIN mighty Minister Muse never noble NUMBER o'er observe occasion panegyric passage Peers Pindar PITT PITT's poem poet Poetry pow'r praise present PRETTYMAN pride readers ROLLE ROLLIAD ROLLO Royal Scrutiny shew sing SIR CECIL Sir Richard smiles song soul Sovereign speech spirit thee thine Thomas Warton thou thought THURLOW tion tongue truth verse Virgil virtues vote Warton Whigs whole word worthy WRAY youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 454 - But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
עמוד 44 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
עמוד 19 - The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.
עמוד 518 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. All. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf : Witches...
עמוד 456 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his...
עמוד 12 - For, true to public virtue's patriot plan, He loves the minister, and not the man, Alike the advocate of North and wit, The friend of Shelburne and the guide of Pitt.
עמוד 384 - A double portion of my patriot zeal, " Active to spread the fire it dar'd to feel " Through raptur'd Senates, and with awful power " From the full fountain of the tongue "To roll the rapid tide along, " Till a whole nation caught the flame. " So on thy Sire shall Heav'n bestow " A blessing TULLY fail'd to know, " And redolent in thee diffuse thy Father's fame.
עמוד 357 - High fhe hangs the hero's fpear ; And there, with all the palms of peace combin'd, Her unpolluted hands the milder trophy rear. To Kings like thefe, her genuine theme, The Mufe a blamelefs homage pays ; To GEORGE, of kings like thefe fupreme.
עמוד 299 - Hail inexhausted, boundless spring Of sacred truth and Holy Majesty ! Grand is thy form — 'bout five feet ten, Thou well-built, worthiest, best of men ! Thy chest is stout, thy back is broad— Thy Pages view thee, and are aw'd ! Lo ! how thy white eyes roll ! Thy whiter eye-brows stare ! Honest soul ! Thou'rt witty, as thou'rt fair I III.
עמוד 19 - Jim with age, &c. &c." This is a very great beauty, for it fares with ideas, as with individuals ; we are the more interested in their fate, the better we are acquainted with them. But how inferior is Addison in this respect to our author ? Gimlets they are, &c.