The Rolliad: In Two Parts ; Probationary Odes for the Laureatship ; and Political Eclogues: with Criticisms and IllustrationsJ. Ridgway, 1799 - 524 էջ 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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... happy as to receive this express sanction of Mr. ROLLE'S Concurrence , I should neverthe- less have thought myself justified in pre- suming it , from the very distinguished testimony which he has lately borne to your merits , by taking ...
... happy as to receive this express sanction of Mr. ROLLE'S Concurrence , I should neverthe- less have thought myself justified in pre- suming it , from the very distinguished testimony which he has lately borne to your merits , by taking ...
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... happy to have enlivened our commentary with some extracts from the controversy , at which our Author glances ; we mean the answer of Sir Richard to Mr. Madan , on the doctrine of Polygamy ; a subject , which the tenour of our Baronet's ...
... happy to have enlivened our commentary with some extracts from the controversy , at which our Author glances ; we mean the answer of Sir Richard to Mr. Madan , on the doctrine of Polygamy ; a subject , which the tenour of our Baronet's ...
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... happy is the allusion to Mr. DRAKE's well - known speech ; which , in the metaphor of our poet , we may style a beautiful icicle of the most transparent eloquence ! How just too , and yet how concise , is the description of the literary ...
... happy is the allusion to Mr. DRAKE's well - known speech ; which , in the metaphor of our poet , we may style a beautiful icicle of the most transparent eloquence ! How just too , and yet how concise , is the description of the literary ...
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... happy and well turned . The celebrated passage of Virgil , " Tu Marcellus eris : " is supposed to have been in the poet's recol- lection at the moment of his conceiving this passage - not that the " Oh miserande puer ! " in the ...
... happy and well turned . The celebrated passage of Virgil , " Tu Marcellus eris : " is supposed to have been in the poet's recol- lection at the moment of his conceiving this passage - not that the " Oh miserande puer ! " in the ...
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... happy is the selection of epithets in these lines ! How forcibly descriptive of the character to which they are applied ! In the same strain he proceeds : — Whate'er experience GREGORY might boast , Say , is not WALSINGHAM himself a ...
... happy is the selection of epithets in these lines ! How forcibly descriptive of the character to which they are applied ! In the same strain he proceeds : — Whate'er experience GREGORY might boast , Say , is not WALSINGHAM himself a ...
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Common terms and phrases
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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Էջ 454 - But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.