Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of Mr. John Bancks [sic] ...James Hodges, 1739 |
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... never omit them ; yet I have not been able to find any Thing truly ri- diculous in this Custom , provided the Preface be what in Reason it ought to be , -a Difcourfe that has an immediate and manifeft Relation to the Work it precedes ...
... never omit them ; yet I have not been able to find any Thing truly ri- diculous in this Custom , provided the Preface be what in Reason it ought to be , -a Difcourfe that has an immediate and manifeft Relation to the Work it precedes ...
Page iii
... less delighted with the Charms of CELIA , than with the Majefty and Thunder of fupreme Jove . But whatever be its Theme , it never defcends to any Thing low or vul gar , either in Sentiment or Expreffion . A noble A 2 PRE FACE .
... less delighted with the Charms of CELIA , than with the Majefty and Thunder of fupreme Jove . But whatever be its Theme , it never defcends to any Thing low or vul gar , either in Sentiment or Expreffion . A noble A 2 PRE FACE .
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... never , that I know of , been mentioned by the Criticks : I mean , thofe Copies of Verses , written in Stanzas , and which therefore may be adapted to Mufick , that have neither the Elevation , Purity , or Force of the Ode ; nor the ...
... never , that I know of , been mentioned by the Criticks : I mean , thofe Copies of Verses , written in Stanzas , and which therefore may be adapted to Mufick , that have neither the Elevation , Purity , or Force of the Ode ; nor the ...
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... never very confiderable , unlefs where the one or the other is greatly debauch'd , and incapable of per- forming its due Offices . Every one must perceive , who reflects on the Im- preffions which Writings of this Nature have made on ...
... never very confiderable , unlefs where the one or the other is greatly debauch'd , and incapable of per- forming its due Offices . Every one must perceive , who reflects on the Im- preffions which Writings of this Nature have made on ...
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... never have attempted any Thing of this mix'd Character . However , when it was done , I thought a Specimen of what had fo often been well received in FRENCH , might be fufferable , at leaft , in ENGLISH . * ASTREA . ] A celebrated ...
... never have attempted any Thing of this mix'd Character . However , when it was done , I thought a Specimen of what had fo often been well received in FRENCH , might be fufferable , at leaft , in ENGLISH . * ASTREA . ] A celebrated ...
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againſt antient Author BALAAM becauſe beſt Breaft Character Charms CLODIO confift controul Crimes Dame defign'd Defire Epiftle EPIGRAM ev'n ev'ry Expreffions Eyes Fable facred faid Fair fame fatirical feem feen fhall fhew fhine fhort fhould fince fing firft firſt flain fome Friend Friendſhip ftill fuch fure greateſt Happineſs Heart Heav'n himſelf Honour Houſe JOHN BANCKS juft JUPITER juſt King laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft Love LYCON Mafter Mind Miſtreſs moft Moral moſt Mufe muft muſt Name Nature ne'er never Numbers Nymph o'er Occafion Paffion Perfons pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Poet Pow'r Praiſe prefent Prieft Profe purſue QUINTILIAN racter Reaſon rehearſe rife ſay Senfe Senſe ſhall ſhe Soul ſpeak ſtill Tafte Tale Thee thefe themſelves theſe THESPIS Things thofe thoſe Thou thought thouſand thro twas ufual uſe Verfe Verſes Virtue whofe whoſe Wife Wiſhes worfe Youth
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Page 89 - Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons.
Page 114 - Pope's and thy corrective page, When vice and virtue lose their name In deathless joy or endless shame? While wears away the grand machine, The works of genius shall be seen : Beyond, what laurels can there be For Homer, Horace, Pope, or thee? Through life we chase, with fond pursuit, What mocks our hope, like Sodom's fruit : And, sure, thy plan was well...
Page 113 - YOUNG ? Will there no trace, no point be found Of all this fpacious glorious round ? Yon lamps of light, muft they decay ? • On nature's felf, deftruftion prey ? Then fame, the moft immortal thing Ev'n thou canft hope, is on the wing.
Page 338 - Prudes and such as never pray, Handsome, ugly, noisy, still, Some that will not, some that will. Many a beau without a shilling, Many a widow not unwilling; Many a bargain if you strike it: This is London! How d'ye like it?
Page 89 - He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed of him, he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age.
Page 33 - GENIUS of Masonry descend, In mystic numbers while we sing; Enlarge our souls, the craft defend, And hither all thy influence bring, With social thoughts our bosoms fill, And give thy turn to every will.
Page 67 - Heylin notes, The ladies trip in petticoats ; Which, for the honour of their nation, They quit but on some great occasion. Men there in breeches clad you view : They claim that garment as their due. In Turkey the reverse appears ; Long coats the haughty husband wears, And greets his wife with angry speeches If she be seen without her breeches.
Page 39 - Egypt's fabrick * learning, dwelt, And Roman breafts could virtue hide: But vulcan's rage the building felt, And BRUTUS, laft of Romans, dy'd : Since when, difpers'd diejijlers rove, Or fill paternal thrones above.
Page 166 - OUNG Courtly takes me for a dunce ; For all night long I fpoke not once : On better grounds I think him fuch ! He fpoke but once, yet once too much.
Page 36 - Temple rofe by Rule, Without the Noife of noxious Tool. As when AMPHION tun'd his Song, Ev'n rugged Rocks the Mufick knew; Smooth'd into Form they glide along, And to a THEBES the Defert grew.