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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... SING Aghast should fly ; there NUNDCOMAR should swing ; Happy for him if he had borne to see His country beggar'd of the last rupee ; Nor call'd those laws , O HASTINGS , on thy head , ' Which , mock'd by thee , thy slaves alone should ...
... SING Aghast should fly ; there NUNDCOMAR should swing ; Happy for him if he had borne to see His country beggar'd of the last rupee ; Nor call'd those laws , O HASTINGS , on thy head , ' Which , mock'd by thee , thy slaves alone should ...
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... sing , Of giant - killing John , or John the King ; Whate'er- } But we are apprehensive that our zeal has already hurried us too far , and that we have exceeded the just bounds of this paper . We shall therefore take some future ...
... sing , Of giant - killing John , or John the King ; Whate'er- } But we are apprehensive that our zeal has already hurried us too far , and that we have exceeded the just bounds of this paper . We shall therefore take some future ...
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... sing , " Oppose the minister to please the king . " These last lines allude to a well authenti- cated anecdote , which deserves to be re- corded as an instance of the interference of divine Providence in favour of this country , when ...
... sing , " Oppose the minister to please the king . " These last lines allude to a well authenti- cated anecdote , which deserves to be re- corded as an instance of the interference of divine Providence in favour of this country , when ...
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... singing in the woods . Having listened with great attention to so extraordinary a phænomenon , it appeared to his Lordship that the bird distinctly repeated the follow- ing significant words , in the same manner that the bells of London ...
... singing in the woods . Having listened with great attention to so extraordinary a phænomenon , it appeared to his Lordship that the bird distinctly repeated the follow- ing significant words , in the same manner that the bells of London ...
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... sings in his PROBATIONARY ODE , " The tallest , fittest man to go before the king , " in the days of GEORGE THE THIRD ; by which we should most probably not only have been deprived of the attic entertain- ments of SIGNORS DEL PINI and ...
... sings in his PROBATIONARY ODE , " The tallest , fittest man to go before the king , " in the days of GEORGE THE THIRD ; by which we should most probably not only have been deprived of the attic entertain- ments of SIGNORS DEL PINI and ...
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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.