The Rolliad: In Two Parts ; Probationary Odes for the Laureatship ; and Political Eclogues: with Criticisms and IllustrationsJ. Ridgway, 1799 - 524 sider 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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... equal to his poetry . NUMBER V. ON Monday last , the twentieth edition of this incomparable poem made its appear- ance : and we may safely venture to predict , that , should it be followed by an hundred more , while the fertile and ...
... equal to his poetry . NUMBER V. ON Monday last , the twentieth edition of this incomparable poem made its appear- ance : and we may safely venture to predict , that , should it be followed by an hundred more , while the fertile and ...
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... below ; And hence we reason , that , to serve the state , His top and bottom may have equal weight . Every reader will naturally conceive , that in the description of the principal person of the board THE ROLLIAD . 25.
... below ; And hence we reason , that , to serve the state , His top and bottom may have equal weight . Every reader will naturally conceive , that in the description of the principal person of the board THE ROLLIAD . 25.
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... equal to this lofty flight of genius to the reader of true taste , we fhall conclude with recom- mending to him the immediate perusal of the whole poem , and , in the name of an ad- miring public , returning our heart - felt thanks to ...
... equal to this lofty flight of genius to the reader of true taste , we fhall conclude with recom- mending to him the immediate perusal of the whole poem , and , in the name of an ad- miring public , returning our heart - felt thanks to ...
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... equal dexterity at the proper remedy . The composition is then judiciously varied . The whole art of the poet is employed to intereft our passions in favour of the neces- sary reform , by expostulatory interrogations and interjections ...
... equal dexterity at the proper remedy . The composition is then judiciously varied . The whole art of the poet is employed to intereft our passions in favour of the neces- sary reform , by expostulatory interrogations and interjections ...
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... equal perhaps in the distin- guishing merits of that great and good man , in obedience to the Court of Directors , at- tention to the interests of the Company in preference to his own , abstinence from ra- pacity and extortion , justice ...
... equal perhaps in the distin- guishing merits of that great and good man , in obedience to the Court of Directors , at- tention to the interests of the Company in preference to his own , abstinence from ra- pacity and extortion , justice ...
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Almindelige termer og sætninger
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
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Side 454 - But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.