The Baviad: A Paraphrastic Imitation of the First Satire of PersiusR. Faulder, 1793 - 55 páginas |
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... laurel crown ; But do not THOU , who mak'st a fair pretence To that best boon of Heaven , COMMON SENSE , " Give me the uppero , where folks come fo grand in , " And nobody need have no understanding . * * * " Ambizione ! del tiranno ...
... laurel crown ; But do not THOU , who mak'st a fair pretence To that best boon of Heaven , COMMON SENSE , " Give me the uppero , where folks come fo grand in , " And nobody need have no understanding . * * * " Ambizione ! del tiranno ...
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... laurels twine ; Whom Magazines , Reviews , confpire to praise , And Greathead calls the Homer of our days . 80 F. And is it nothing , then , to hear our name Thus blazon'd by the GENERAL VOICE of fame ? 84 P. Nay , it were ev'ry thing ...
... laurels twine ; Whom Magazines , Reviews , confpire to praise , And Greathead calls the Homer of our days . 80 F. And is it nothing , then , to hear our name Thus blazon'd by the GENERAL VOICE of fame ? 84 P. Nay , it were ev'ry thing ...
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... Laurels now burst spontaneous from his tomb ! F. This is mere mockery ; and ( in your ear ) Reason is ill refuted by a sneer . Is praise an evil ? Is there to be found One fo indifferent to its foothing found , As not to wish hereafter ...
... Laurels now burst spontaneous from his tomb ! F. This is mere mockery ; and ( in your ear ) Reason is ill refuted by a sneer . Is praise an evil ? Is there to be found One fo indifferent to its foothing found , As not to wish hereafter ...
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... Laurel of Liberty , " a work on which the great author most justly refts his claims to immortality . + Wefton . This indefatigable gentleman has been at tacking the moral character of Pope in the Gentleman's Magazine , with all the ...
... Laurel of Liberty , " a work on which the great author most justly refts his claims to immortality . + Wefton . This indefatigable gentleman has been at tacking the moral character of Pope in the Gentleman's Magazine , with all the ...
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... laurel by their followers worn ! Let such , a task congenial to their powers , At fales and auctions waste the morning hours , Wile the dull noon away in Christie's fane , And fnore the evening out at Drury - lane ; Lull'd by the twang ...
... laurel by their followers worn ! Let such , a task congenial to their powers , At fales and auctions waste the morning hours , Wile the dull noon away in Christie's fane , And fnore the evening out at Drury - lane ; Lull'd by the twang ...
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Términos y frases comunes
airy lays Album Anthony Paſquin applauſe ARNO Auriculas bards Baviad BELL'S bleft boaſt bofom breaſt calls Canft carmina Cobbe's Crufca dicere DON QUIXOTE Dunciad Euge facred faid fame faſhion fatire fecond feems fenſe fhall fignature filent fince firſt fmile fome fool foul ftill fubject fubjoin fuch fuftian fuppofe fweet genius gentleman hæc Haften head hecatomb himſelf honour iftud infult laſt Laura Maria laurel leaſt leſs LETTER lyre madrigals mafters Matilda Merry's mihi moſt Nemo nifi Nightman nonſenſe Nugari Nunc o'er Olaudo PARAPHRASTIC PASQUIN poem poetical poor praiſe profe quid quis reader reaſoning reft reſpect rhymes Robinſon ſay ſcene ſhall ſhould ſmall ſong ſtrain ſuch taſte thee Thefe theſe thou tunc ufual underſtanding vapid Vaughan verfe verſe waſte Wefton Whate'er whofe whoſe worfe Wreath of Liberty YENDA
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Página 44 - ORACLE, a paper honoured— as the grateful editor very properly has it— by the effusions of this " artless" gentleman above all others. NB On looking again, I find the OWL to be a nightingale !— N'imporle. It was said of Theophilus Gibber, (I think by Goldsmith,) that as he grew older, he grew never the better. Much the same (mutatis mutandis) may be said of the gentlemen of the Baviad. After an interval of two years, I find the " mellifluous
Página 47 - Come then, around their works a circle draw, And near it plant the dragons of the law ; With labels writ, " Critics far hence remove, Nor dare to censure what the great approve.
Página 15 - Emma's eyes ; doom for a breath A hundred reafoning hecatombs to death. A hecatomb is a facrifice of a hundred head of oxen. Where did this gentleman hear of their...
Página 6 - Peg, cries fat Madam Dump, from Wapping Wall, " I don't love plays no longer not at all, " They're now so vulgar, and begin so soon, " None but low people din. a till afternoon; " Then they mean summot, and the like o' that, " And Its impossible to sit and chat.
Página 35 - Full of their theme, they spurned all idle art, And the plain tale was trusted to the heart, Now all is changed ! We fume and fret, poor elves — Less to display our subject than ourselves. Whate'er we paint — a grot, a...
Página 49 - One bosom from this vile infection free), Thou who canst thrill with joy, or glow with ire, As the great masters of the song inspire ; Canst bend...
Página viii - LAURA MARIA — She is the SAPPHO of the age. " I wrong her — The MONTHLY REVIEWERS read " GREEK, and they prefer our fair countrywoman. I " read Greek too, but I make no boast of it. I sell " Mrs. ROBINSON'S works, and I know their value— " ' It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
Página 39 - O injur'd bard ! accept the grateful strain, That I, the humblest of the tuneful train, With glowing heart, yet trembling hand, repay For many a pensive, many a sprightly lay...
Página 41 - I know not; but certainly he is prone to run wild, die, &c. &c. Such indeed is the combustible nature of this gentleman, that he takes fire at every female signature in the papers; and I remember that when Olaudo Equiano (who, for a black, is not ill-featured) tried his hand at a soft sonnet, and by mistake subscribed it Olauda, Mr. Merry fell so desperately in love with him, and "yelled out such syllables of dolour...
Página 31 - tis still the same vile thing, " Within, all brickdust — and without, all brass. " Then blot the name of Pasquin from thy page : " Thou seest it will not thy poor riff-raff sell. " Some other would' st thou take { I dare engage " John Williams, or Tom Fool, will do as well.