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 vii
... seem necessarily to demand any very great degree of precision . In the present edition some few pas- sages have been expunged ; others soften- ed ; many enlarged ; more corrected : and two whole numbers , with the greater part a 4 • of ...
... seem necessarily to demand any very great degree of precision . In the present edition some few pas- sages have been expunged ; others soften- ed ; many enlarged ; more corrected : and two whole numbers , with the greater part a 4 • of ...
עמוד xii
... seem to require any elucidation from the contents of the former Appen- dix , extracts are now given at the bottom of the page instead of the references in our former Editions . This slight change we flatter ourselves will not be ...
... seem to require any elucidation from the contents of the former Appen- dix , extracts are now given at the bottom of the page instead of the references in our former Editions . This slight change we flatter ourselves will not be ...
עמוד xvii
... seems from your very birth to have marked you for a Judge . Behold the Engraver's mimic labours trace The sober image of that sapient face : See him , in each peculiar charm exact , Below dilate it , and above contract ; For Nature thus ...
... seems from your very birth to have marked you for a Judge . Behold the Engraver's mimic labours trace The sober image of that sapient face : See him , in each peculiar charm exact , Below dilate it , and above contract ; For Nature thus ...
עמוד xxxii
... seem the ROLLE best suited to his work ; His well - train'd band , obedient know their cue , And cough and groan in unison with you . Thy god - like ancestor , in valour tried , Still bravely fought by conqu'ring WILLIAM's side ; In ...
... seem the ROLLE best suited to his work ; His well - train'd band , obedient know their cue , And cough and groan in unison with you . Thy god - like ancestor , in valour tried , Still bravely fought by conqu'ring WILLIAM's side ; In ...
עמוד 10
... seem doubly dull , to Readers impatient for such exquisite poetry as the ROLLIAD . They appeared , however , indispensible to the due understanding of the verses , which we shall now give without further preface . Brother of RowLAND ...
... seem doubly dull , to Readers impatient for such exquisite poetry as the ROLLIAD . They appeared , however , indispensible to the due understanding of the verses , which we shall now give without further preface . Brother of RowLAND ...
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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.