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Page 289
E . Yet , in his Postscript , he speaks pretty decisively against rhyme , at least as
applicable to satire : - " the fettering together the series of the verses , with the
bonds of like cadence or desinence of rhyme , which if it be unusually abrupt ,
and ...
E . Yet , in his Postscript , he speaks pretty decisively against rhyme , at least as
applicable to satire : - " the fettering together the series of the verses , with the
bonds of like cadence or desinence of rhyme , which if it be unusually abrupt ,
and ...
Page 292
SATIRE VIII 46 . Hence , ye profane 47 : mell 48 not with holy things , That Sion
muse from Palestina brings . Parnassus is transform ' d to Sion - hill , And Jury -
Palmes 49 her steep ascents done fill . Now good S . Peter weeps pure Helicon
so ...
SATIRE VIII 46 . Hence , ye profane 47 : mell 48 not with holy things , That Sion
muse from Palestina brings . Parnassus is transform ' d to Sion - hill , And Jury -
Palmes 49 her steep ascents done fill . Now good S . Peter weeps pure Helicon
so ...
Page 315
SATIRE III . The curteous citizen bad me to his feast , With hollow words , and
overly ' 7 request : “ Come , will ye dine with me this holyday ? " I yeelded ; tho '
he hop ' d I would say Nay : . . For had I mayden ' d it , as many use ; , Loath for to
...
SATIRE III . The curteous citizen bad me to his feast , With hollow words , and
overly ' 7 request : “ Come , will ye dine with me this holyday ? " I yeelded ; tho '
he hop ' d I would say Nay : . . For had I mayden ' d it , as many use ; , Loath for to
...
Page 366
SATIRE III 44 , ΚΟΙΝΑ ΦΙΛΩΝ . The Satyre should he like the Porcupine 45 , That
shoots sharp quilles out in each angry line , And wounds the blushing cheeke
and fiery eye , Of him that heares and readeth guiltily . Ye antique Satyres , how I
...
SATIRE III 44 , ΚΟΙΝΑ ΦΙΛΩΝ . The Satyre should he like the Porcupine 45 , That
shoots sharp quilles out in each angry line , And wounds the blushing cheeke
and fiery eye , Of him that heares and readeth guiltily . Ye antique Satyres , how I
...
Page 385
So that I well foresee , in the timely publication of these my concealed satires , I
am set upon the rack of many merciless and ... One thinks it mis - beseeming the
author ; because a poem : another , unlawful in itself ; because a satire : a third ...
So that I well foresee , in the timely publication of these my concealed satires , I
am set upon the rack of many merciless and ... One thinks it mis - beseeming the
author ; because a poem : another , unlawful in itself ; because a satire : a third ...
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