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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... hero's gratitude , O ROLLE , to thee , A ducal diadem might well decree ; Great ROLLO's title to thy house restore , Let E usurp the place of O no more , Then ROLLE himself should be what ROLLO was before . } 1 CRITICISMS ON THE ROLLIAD ...
... hero's gratitude , O ROLLE , to thee , A ducal diadem might well decree ; Great ROLLO's title to thy house restore , Let E usurp the place of O no more , Then ROLLE himself should be what ROLLO was before . } 1 CRITICISMS ON THE ROLLIAD ...
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... to see his vessel safely harbour'd , He hardly knows his starboard for his larboard ! That a hero in distress should not know his right hand from his left , is most natural B . and affecting ; in other hands , indeed , it.
... to see his vessel safely harbour'd , He hardly knows his starboard for his larboard ! That a hero in distress should not know his right hand from his left , is most natural B . and affecting ; in other hands , indeed , it.
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... heroes . It is , however , infinitely more natural , and gains in propriety , what it loses in subli- mity . Thus disguised , our adventurer ar- rives at the Country - house of Dame SHIP- TON , a lady of exquisite beauty , and first ...
... heroes . It is , however , infinitely more natural , and gains in propriety , what it loses in subli- mity . Thus disguised , our adventurer ar- rives at the Country - house of Dame SHIP- TON , a lady of exquisite beauty , and first ...
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... hero in that memorable engagement . But such devia- tions from history are among the common licences of poetry . Thus Virgil , for the sake of a beautiful episode , makes Dido live in the time of Eneas , whereas she lived in reality 200 ...
... hero in that memorable engagement . But such devia- tions from history are among the common licences of poetry . Thus Virgil , for the sake of a beautiful episode , makes Dido live in the time of Eneas , whereas she lived in reality 200 ...
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... GEORGE , tho ' of King JESUS more ! The solemnity of this opening is well suited to the dignity of the occasion . The heroes of Homer generally address each other by an appellative , marking their affi- nity to 10 CRITICISMS ON.
... GEORGE , tho ' of King JESUS more ! The solemnity of this opening is well suited to the dignity of the occasion . The heroes of Homer generally address each other by an appellative , marking their affi- nity to 10 CRITICISMS ON.
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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.