Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Svazek 1T. Boys, 1826 - Počet stran: 360 |
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... poet that writes for his own diver- sion , any more than that gentleman a fiddler who amuses himself with a violin . - Swift . XVI . Pleasure of meat , drink , clothes , & c . , are forbidden those that know not how to use them ; just ...
... poet that writes for his own diver- sion , any more than that gentleman a fiddler who amuses himself with a violin . - Swift . XVI . Pleasure of meat , drink , clothes , & c . , are forbidden those that know not how to use them ; just ...
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... poet who flourished in the scene , is damned in the ruelle ; nay more , is not esteemed a good poet , by those who see and hear his extravagances with delight . They are a sort of stately fustian and lofty childishness . Nothing but ...
... poet who flourished in the scene , is damned in the ruelle ; nay more , is not esteemed a good poet , by those who see and hear his extravagances with delight . They are a sort of stately fustian and lofty childishness . Nothing but ...
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... the same that tick- ling is to the touch . - Swift . CVII . Shakspeare was the man who , of all modern and per- haps ancient poets , had the largest and most comprehen- sive soul . All the images of nature were still LACONICS . 23.
... the same that tick- ling is to the touch . - Swift . CVII . Shakspeare was the man who , of all modern and per- haps ancient poets , had the largest and most comprehen- sive soul . All the images of nature were still LACONICS . 23.
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... poetic itch ; Had lov'd their ease too well , to take the pains To undergo that drudgery of brains ; ` But being for all other trades unfit , Only t ' avoid being idle , set up wit . CCLXX . Butler . No condition passes for servitude ...
... poetic itch ; Had lov'd their ease too well , to take the pains To undergo that drudgery of brains ; ` But being for all other trades unfit , Only t ' avoid being idle , set up wit . CCLXX . Butler . No condition passes for servitude ...
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... poet or at best the keepers of cattle for other men ; they have nothing which is properly their own ; that is a suffi- cient mortification for me , while I am translating Virgil . -Dryden . CCXCVII . Time , with all its celerity , moves ...
... poet or at best the keepers of cattle for other men ; they have nothing which is properly their own ; that is a suffi- cient mortification for me , while I am translating Virgil . -Dryden . CCXCVII . Time , with all its celerity , moves ...
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