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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... sure - footed care . Oh ! may the , gently pacing o'er the stones , With no rude shock annoy thy batter'd bones , Crush thy judicial cauliflow'r , and down Shower the mix'd lard and powder o'er thy gown ; X Or in unseemly wrinkles ...
... sure - footed care . Oh ! may the , gently pacing o'er the stones , With no rude shock annoy thy batter'd bones , Crush thy judicial cauliflow'r , and down Shower the mix'd lard and powder o'er thy gown ; X Or in unseemly wrinkles ...
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... sure inspir'd his soul : 1 To bless this Island with the race of ROLLE ! Illustrious ROLLE ! O may thy honour'd name Roll down distinguish'd on the Rolls of fame ! Still first be found on Devon's county polls turto Still future Senates ...
... sure inspir'd his soul : 1 To bless this Island with the race of ROLLE ! Illustrious ROLLE ! O may thy honour'd name Roll down distinguish'd on the Rolls of fame ! Still first be found on Devon's county polls turto Still future Senates ...
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... sure while Coronets like hailstones fly , When Peers are made , the Gods alone know why , Thy 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 ...
... sure while Coronets like hailstones fly , When Peers are made , the Gods alone know why , Thy 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 ...
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... sure on the indecent practice of our young Senators , who come down drunk from the eating - room , to sleep in the gallery . O take , wise youth , the ' Hesperian fruit , of use Thy lungs to cherish with balsamic juice . With this thy ...
... sure on the indecent practice of our young Senators , who come down drunk from the eating - room , to sleep in the gallery . O take , wise youth , the ' Hesperian fruit , of use Thy lungs to cherish with balsamic juice . With this thy ...
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... whether the gay business of the state , or the serious oc- cupation of amusement , his Grace is alike . sure of the approbation of his countrymen . Whether thy present vast ambition be To check the rudeness 134 CRITICISMS ON.
... whether the gay business of the state , or the serious oc- cupation of amusement , his Grace is alike . sure of the approbation of his countrymen . Whether thy present vast ambition be To check the rudeness 134 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.