The Preface to the FablesUniversity Press, 1912 - 36 sivua |
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... sense , and speaks properly on all subjects ; he knows when to leave off ; he follows nature everywhere , but never goes beyond her ; he must have been a man of " a most wonderful comprehensive nature , " because he has taken into the ...
... sense , and speaks properly on all subjects ; he knows when to leave off ; he follows nature everywhere , but never goes beyond her ; he must have been a man of " a most wonderful comprehensive nature , " because he has taken into the ...
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... sense and poetry as well as they , when that poetry and sense is put into words which they understand . " He wished to perpetuate the memory of Chaucer , or at least refresh it , among his countrymen . With this pious end in view he ...
... sense and poetry as well as they , when that poetry and sense is put into words which they understand . " He wished to perpetuate the memory of Chaucer , or at least refresh it , among his countrymen . With this pious end in view he ...
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... sense and sound judgment revolted from this vicious taste when it regarded " conceits and jingles " as wit . To Dryden they are " only glittering trifles , and so far from being witty , that in a serious poem they are nauseous , because ...
... sense and sound judgment revolted from this vicious taste when it regarded " conceits and jingles " as wit . To Dryden they are " only glittering trifles , and so far from being witty , that in a serious poem they are nauseous , because ...
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... Sense , Versus inopes rerum , nugæque canore : Thus far , I hope , I am Right in Court , without renouncing to my other Right of Self- defence , where I have been wrongfully accus'd , and my Sense wire - drawn into Blasphemy or Bawdry ...
... Sense , Versus inopes rerum , nugæque canore : Thus far , I hope , I am Right in Court , without renouncing to my other Right of Self- defence , where I have been wrongfully accus'd , and my Sense wire - drawn into Blasphemy or Bawdry ...
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... Sense , the Descriptions of , Persons , and their very Habits : For an Example , I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before me , as if some ancient Painter had drawn them ; and all the Pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales , their Humours ...
... Sense , the Descriptions of , Persons , and their very Habits : For an Example , I see Baucis and Philemon as perfectly before me , as if some ancient Painter had drawn them ; and all the Pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales , their Humours ...
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Aeneid appear'd Baucis and Philemon Beauty behold blow boast Boccace brave breast breath call'd Canterbury Tales charms Chaucer cheeks circling hours command Dæmon dart dead dear Death Death Wrecks deed Doctor doth Dryden e'en e'er ev'ry fair Fame fatal Fate fear feel fierce fond fool form'd Fungus gain'd give glory grace grave heard heart Honour hour Iliad impart JACK Lady LAPWING learn'd length Life's ling'ring liv'd live Love man's mortal ne'er never night nought Numbers o'er Ogilby Ovid pain pass'd pleasure PLUTUS Poet pride Prince of Condé proud rich round sage scene sense smile soon spirits Squire strife tale tell thee There's thing thought Tis true toil TOM HIGGINS translated turn'd Twas twere twill us'd verse Virgil Virtue wait wealth wife Wife of Bathe wish wish'd word yield