The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated Poets, from Pope to Byron. Accompanied by Original Critical Notices of the AuthorsC. P. Fessenden, 1831 - 388 страница |
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... moral point of view , can be deemed more highly im- portant , yet none has been so strangely and generally neglected by those who are accustomed to cater for the amusement or instruction of the public . No English editor or publisher ...
... moral point of view , can be deemed more highly im- portant , yet none has been so strangely and generally neglected by those who are accustomed to cater for the amusement or instruction of the public . No English editor or publisher ...
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... moral principles of Voltaire , Rousseau , Con- dorcet , and others of the French Philosophers . Mr. Canning is very generally understood to have supported the Anti - jacobin throughout , with occasional contribu- tions , both in verse ...
... moral principles of Voltaire , Rousseau , Con- dorcet , and others of the French Philosophers . Mr. Canning is very generally understood to have supported the Anti - jacobin throughout , with occasional contribu- tions , both in verse ...
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... moral indigna- tion , however , breathed in every sentiment it contains , with which the elegance and dignity of the verse is at all times in admirable keeping . It conveys also an impression of the loftiest patriotism , which must ...
... moral indigna- tion , however , breathed in every sentiment it contains , with which the elegance and dignity of the verse is at all times in admirable keeping . It conveys also an impression of the loftiest patriotism , which must ...
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... moral use are as applicable to London as they are to ancient Rome . Boileau has imitated the same satire with great success , applying it to Paris as Johnson has applied it to London ; but it is generally admitted , on a comparison of ...
... moral use are as applicable to London as they are to ancient Rome . Boileau has imitated the same satire with great success , applying it to Paris as Johnson has applied it to London ; but it is generally admitted , on a comparison of ...
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... moral , vehement , and indignant ; but , in some instances , it must be confessed , his acrimony is too severe , his in- dignation too violent , and his chastisement too indiscri- minate , to produce reformation , which is undoubtedly ...
... moral , vehement , and indignant ; but , in some instances , it must be confessed , his acrimony is too severe , his in- dignation too violent , and his chastisement too indiscri- minate , to produce reformation , which is undoubtedly ...
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Страница 77 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Страница 52 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain...
Страница 57 - Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercies of the skies? Inquirer, cease; petitions yet remain Which Heaven may hear, nor deem Religion vain.
Страница 133 - How, with less reading than makes felons scape, Less human genius than God gives an ape, Small thanks to France, and none to Rome or Greece, A...
Страница xxv - Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring,* And thy young muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler came ; and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science...
Страница 50 - Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glitt'ring plate,. The regal palace, the luxurious board, The liv'ried army, and the menial lord.
Страница 167 - Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Страница xxi - Who, both by precept and example, shows That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose...
Страница 77 - 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 cut blocks with a razor.
Страница 53 - Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait; While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.