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Since man in his nature cannot control wit , Poeta , says Ovid , is born and Non fit . ( c ) writing such a poem , it is the folly of having addressed it , with a very silly introductory letter , to the writers of the Athenian Oracle ...
Since man in his nature cannot control wit , Poeta , says Ovid , is born and Non fit . ( c ) writing such a poem , it is the folly of having addressed it , with a very silly introductory letter , to the writers of the Athenian Oracle ...
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... and genuine productions of the Muse as of too delicate a nature to arrest the attention of minds accustomed to the Bright son of Apollo ! as such I salute thee 90 SCRIBBLEOMANIA .
... and genuine productions of the Muse as of too delicate a nature to arrest the attention of minds accustomed to the Bright son of Apollo ! as such I salute thee 90 SCRIBBLEOMANIA .
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To be powerful from nature ; impelled by the energies of the mind , and to feel , as it were , the inspiration of a Divine Spirit . HOPE's path , lo ! with pleasures a Campbell next strews , True fancy with lustre enshrining the Muse ...
To be powerful from nature ; impelled by the energies of the mind , and to feel , as it were , the inspiration of a Divine Spirit . HOPE's path , lo ! with pleasures a Campbell next strews , True fancy with lustre enshrining the Muse ...
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( v ) ( 0 ) Public characters of every description , but more particularly those of a literary stamp , are peculiarly subject to the attacks of virulence and ill nature : it is therefore little to be wondered at that Mr. Pratt , in the ...
( v ) ( 0 ) Public characters of every description , but more particularly those of a literary stamp , are peculiarly subject to the attacks of virulence and ill nature : it is therefore little to be wondered at that Mr. Pratt , in the ...
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... own natural talent , the production would have borne the stamp of originality , and in all probability obviated the necessity for any stricture on the score of For to state that no talent appears in our Walter 56 SCRIBBLEOMANIA :
... own natural talent , the production would have borne the stamp of originality , and in all probability obviated the necessity for any stricture on the score of For to state that no talent appears in our Walter 56 SCRIBBLEOMANIA :
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Scribbleomania: Or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem William Henry Ireland Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1815 |
Scribbleomania; or, The printer's devil's polichronicon, a poem, ed. by ... William Henry Ireland Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1815 |
Scribbleomania: Or, the Printer's Devil's Polichronicon, a Poem, Ed. by ... William Henry Ireland Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2016 |
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Sida 215 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted.
Sida 112 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal: His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Sida 259 - Holy Scriptures ; and am of opinion,• that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
Sida 242 - If her temper be bad, want of breeding makes her worse, and she grows haughty, insolent, and loud. If she be passionate, want of manners makes her termagant and a scold, which is much at one with lunatic. If she be proud, want of discretion (which still is breeding) makes her conceited, fantastic, and ridiculous. And from these she degenerates to be turbulent, clamorous, noisy, nasty, and the devil.
Sida 259 - The two parts, of which the Scriptures consist, are connected by a chain of compositions, which bear no resemblance, in form or style, to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian, Indian, Persian, or even Arabian learning. The antiquity of those...
Sida 271 - Sixth, to preach in any place of his Majesty's dominions, though he was a layman ; and he is said to have preached before the King at court, wearing a velvet bonnet, or round cap, a damask gown, and gold chain about his neck..
Sida 334 - THE LIFE OF THE MOST NOBLE ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, from the Period of his first Achievements in India, down to his Invasion of France, and the Peace of Paris in 1814.
Sida 272 - Arriving at the mount of St. Mary's in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you. some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation...
Sida 294 - The law against witches does not prove there be any ; but it punishes the malice of those people, that use such means to take away men's lives : if one should profess that by turning his hat thrice, and crying buz, he could take away a man's life, though in truth he could do no such thing : yet this were a just law made by the state, that whosoever should turn his hat thrice, and cry buz, with an intention to take away a man's life, shall be put to death.
Sida 241 - ... comparison: her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments; her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly; she is all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight; she is every way suitable to the sublimest wish; and...
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| Titel | Scribbleomania; Or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon: A Sublime Poem |
| Författare | William Henry Ireland |
| Redaktör | William Henry Ireland |
| Utgivare | Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815 |
| Original från | New York Public Library |
| Digitaliserad | 30 maj 2007 |
| Längd | 341 sidor |
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