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... for when it is remembered , that Praise undeserved is satire in disguise . ' Every walk of literature possesses its determined advocates ; but there is no branch springing from vii the main stock which has so many ramifications ,
... for when it is remembered , that Praise undeserved is satire in disguise . ' Every walk of literature possesses its determined advocates ; but there is no branch springing from vii the main stock which has so many ramifications ,
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Some writers there are , who possessing no fame , Would snatch from my temples the Laurel I claim ; Who dare , without reading , all subjects critique , Whether Metre or Prose , Hebrew , Latin , or Greek ; But vers'd in all topics I'm ...
Some writers there are , who possessing no fame , Would snatch from my temples the Laurel I claim ; Who dare , without reading , all subjects critique , Whether Metre or Prose , Hebrew , Latin , or Greek ; But vers'd in all topics I'm ...
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... took the pen ; Whose erudite notes to my care Fate consign'd , A pocket - book fill'd with wit , learning , and mind :But perhaps ' twere as well , with a trifling digression , To state of this relic how I got possession .
... took the pen ; Whose erudite notes to my care Fate consign'd , A pocket - book fill'd with wit , learning , and mind :But perhaps ' twere as well , with a trifling digression , To state of this relic how I got possession .
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( g ) The above term is peculiar to many gentlemen of the Trade who possess no feeling for any one but themselves , having the most rooted predeliction for the old adage , that charity begins ...
( g ) The above term is peculiar to many gentlemen of the Trade who possess no feeling for any one but themselves , having the most rooted predeliction for the old adage , that charity begins ...
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His Joan of Arc , hastily composed after the inanner of Milton and other epic poets , though possessing merit , is particularly deficient on the score of patriotism , as every Gallic chief is elevated to the rank of an hero , while our ...
His Joan of Arc , hastily composed after the inanner of Milton and other epic poets , though possessing merit , is particularly deficient on the score of patriotism , as every Gallic chief is elevated to the rank of an hero , while our ...
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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 Sublime Poem 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 209 - 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 106 - 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 253 - 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 236 - 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 253 - 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 265 - 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 328 - 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 266 - 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 288 - 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 235 - ... 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 |
| Utgivare | Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815 |
| Original från | New York Public Library |
| Digitaliserad | 30 maj 2007 |
| Längd | 341 sidor |
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