 I have undertaken this arduous but necessary task, to lead them as it were by the hand, and step by step, the gentle down-hill way to the Bathos ; the bottom, the end, the central point, the non plus ultra, of true Modern Poesy...  The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift... - Page 20de Jonathan Swift - 1813Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Pope - 1751
...inimitable ridicule on Collins's arguments a^ainft Clarke, to prove the Soul only a Quality. I may fay) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceflâry taik, to lead them as it were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentk down-hill way to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751
...confidering with no fmall grief, how many proniifing Genius's of this age are Wandering (as I may fay) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceflary tafk^ to lead them as it were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751
...confidering with no fmall grief, how many promifmg Genius's of this age are wandering (as I may fay) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceflary taflc, to lead them as it were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751
...confidering with no fmall grief, how many promifing Genius's of this age are wandering (as 1 may fay) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceflary tafk, to lead them as it Were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752
...confidering with no fmall grief, how many promifing Genius's of this age are wandering (as O 3 I may fay) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceflary taik, to lead them as it were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1753 - 347 pages
...conudering with no fmall grief, how many promifing geniufes of this age are wandering (as I may fay) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceflary tafk, to lead them as it were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754
...confidering with n6 fmall grief, how many promifing genius's nius's of this age are wandering (as I may fay) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceffary tafk to lead them, as it were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754
...confidering with no fmall grief, how many promifing genius's nius's of this age are wandering (as I may fey) in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceffary tafk to lead them, as it were by the hand, and ftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757
...have undertaken this arduous but necefiary tafk, to lead them as it were by the hand, andftep by ftep, the gentle down-hill way to the Bathos ; the bottom, the end, the central point, the nnt phis ultra, of true Modern Poefy ! When Fconfider (my dear Countrymen) the extent, fertility, and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757
...confidering, with no fmall grief, how many promifing geniufes of this age are wandering, as I may fay, in the dark without a guide, I have undertaken this arduous but neceflary tafk, to lead them, as it were by the hand, and. ftep by ftep, the gentle downhill way to... | |
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