work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
5536,"","Searching ""mind"" and 'invad"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2005-05-04 00:00:00 UTC,"What tho' my sentence doom'd my King to bleed?[1]
Charles gave pretence to justify the deed:
Illegal taxes drain'd the murmuring land,
Indignant Senates heard his harsh command;
Prerogative advanced with dangerous stride,
And grasp'd dominion which the laws denied.
Resistance then was just.--But when the throne
Has fix'd the legal power like it's own,
Has ne'er infringed the rights of free debate,
Or rose despotic o'er a falling State;
How greater far thine art! how worthier praise!
With fostering breath the fainting flame to raise,
To govern crowds obedient to thy call,
And shake St. James's, as I shook Whitehall!
The iron is red hot, strike boldly now,
And tear the circle from the regal brow;
Pluck up each fence which guards the sacred tree,
And nip the bud of blooming Majesty:
Let no remorse invade thy purposed mind,
But to one standard level all mankind.
Fix'd in assurance, and with faction loud,
Inculcate maxims on the gaping crowd[2]
Let dire Court influence in each period roll,
'Till boding terrors rack the hearer's soul.
Swear, you alone your country can redeem,
And clothe with quaint device the glorious theme:
New-fangled modes of eloquence invent,
Where words supply the place of argument.
If wrong your premises, increase the cry
In just proportion to the falsity:
Let abstract propositions stun the ear,
Which strike at once, and free discussion fear;
And truths, self-evident, which stand aloof,
Abhor debate, and dread the touch of proof:
Then argue stoutly, every doubt remove,
And facts unproveable from Pamphlets prove.
Methinks I see Thee, rising in thy place,
Great Demagogue! Epitome of Grace!
Display thy stores of elegance and ease,
Till thrice three hems thy captive voice release:
Made vocal now, it sounds the fearful tale,
And runs thro' every note of faction's scale.
Like his, who erst, with love of glory warm,
Bellowed orations to the gathering storm,
Thy voice grows stronger from opposing sound,
While Order! Hear him! thro' the House resound:
There Gordon reprobates a Popish Court;
Here Luttrell weeps the loss of Milbourne Port;
Burke's Fury blows her horn, shakes Snowdon's base,[3]
And moves old Cader Edris from his place;
Barre and Pitt to swell the concert join,
And Bamber loudly calls his troops to dine;
Laughters, unheard till now, complete the brawl,[4]
Thy obligato voice surmounts them all!",,14805,•I've included the notes in the next entry. The second concerns Locke and Mr. Dunning. ,""" Let no remorse invade thy purposed mind, / But to one standard level all mankind.""",Empire,2009-09-14 19:41:58 UTC,""
5536,Lockean Philosophy; Innate Ideas,Searching in HDIS (Poetry),2005-05-04 00:00:00 UTC,"1. [back] The Publisher is sensible it may appear inconsistent for Bradshaw to advise his pupil to tread in his steps, when the exigencies of the times differ so widely. But he trusts the Reader will consider, that consistency is by no means the characteristic of Patriots, either in their apprenticeship, or when they have set up for themselves: and that they will not scruple to acknowledge Don Quixote to have been a more thorough and redoubtable Knight Errant, than any of those whose examples he followed; as they were contented to love the mistress, or engage the giant, which fortune threw in their way; while he, who might have lived comfortably at home, chose to go out of his way, create a mistress for himself, and turn a windmill into a giant, that he might enjoy the satisfaction of knocking him on the head. It might not be improper for our modern Don Quixotes and their Squires to recollect, that he sometimes met with a cudgelling, and that Sancho was not the only Squire who may be tossed in a blanket.
2. [back] Maxims are a kind of propositions, which have passed for principles of science; and which, being self-evident, have been by some supposed innate. Mr. Locke ventured to expel them from his philosophy, asserting, that disquisition and proof were the test of truth; and that whatever would not stand their touch, must be considered as base metal. Mr. Dunning reprobates this doctrine, and roundly asserts in his late famous speech, ""That the facts he advanced were incontestible propositions of an abstract nature, which could not be discussed, truths self-evident, which it would be absurd to attempt to prove.""
3. [back] The Publisher is conscious that the Serjeant's poetry is by no means so poetical as the Orator's prose. He wishes to do the latter all imaginable justice, and therefore takes the liberty of transplanting the beautiful flowers from the Orator's hot-bed into his own garden.--""Since the invasion of King Edward, and the massacre of the Bards, there never was such a tumult, and alarm, and uproar through the region of Prestatyn. Snowdon shook to its base; Cader Edris was loosened from its foundations. The fury of litigious war blew her horn on the mountains. The rocks poured down their goatherds, and the deep caverns vomited out their miners. Every thing above ground, and every thing under ground, was in arms."" Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferio, Baralipton!
4. [back] Some of the young Gentlemen of the House of Commons, who have had the good fortune to receive an University education, fortunately recollecting that definition of man, that he is animal risibile, have availed themselves of this noble faculty, to prove that they are of the human species, and to confound those arguments by laughter, which they could not confound by reason, to the very great edification of the lobby and galleries, and to the honour and satisfaction of their constituents.
",,14806,•Cross-reference: Lines these notes are affixed to preced this entry,"Locke expelled innate ideas by asserting that ""disquisition and proof were the test of truth; and that whatever would not stand their touch, must be considered as base metal.""",Metal,2009-09-14 19:41:59 UTC,""
5976,Ruling Passion,"Searching HDIS for ""master passion""",2004-05-25 00:00:00 UTC,"""These master passions of the strenuous mind,
""Whether by nature in it's essence bred,
""Or nurtur'd by indulgence unconfin'd
""Are best adapted for our use, to spread
""Our rule destructive and dominion dread.
""Prompted by these to ill, presumptuous man
""T' oppose th' eternal law of Heav'n is led:
""A stranger to himself, he dares to scan
""The Great Eternal Cause, and to correct His plan.
",,15887,•Note that one can be a stranger to oneself...,"A strenuous mind may have ""master passions"" that may be bred by nature or nurtured by indulgence","",2009-09-14 19:45:00 UTC,""
5976,"",HDIS,2004-08-11 00:00:00 UTC," ""Ah cease!"" he cried, ""fond Nymph! the heart t'upbraid,
""Which thy fair image too distinctly bears:
""The cloud, which darkly o'er my fancy play'd,
""Whate'er th' illusion may have caus'd, now clears,
""And, tho' with range uncertain, doubts and fears
""Contend for empire and distract my mind.
""Ah! look not so! drop not those pearly tears
""Hide those perfections, lest, to duty blind,
'Again my working soul to madness be resign'd!'
",,15889,"","The heart may bear a ""fair image""","",2009-09-14 19:45:00 UTC,""
5976,"",HDIS,2004-08-11 00:00:00 UTC," ""Ah cease!"" he cried, ""fond Nymph! the heart t'upbraid,
""Which thy fair image too distinctly bears:
""The cloud, which darkly o'er my fancy play'd,
""Whate'er th' illusion may have caus'd, now clears,
""And, tho' with range uncertain, doubts and fears
""Contend for empire and distract my mind.
""Ah! look not so! drop not those pearly tears
""Hide those perfections, lest, to duty blind,
'Again my working soul to madness be resign'd!'
",,15890,"",A cloud may darkly over one's fancy play,"",2009-09-14 19:45:00 UTC,""
5976,"",HDIS,2004-08-11 00:00:00 UTC," ""Ah cease!"" he cried, ""fond Nymph! the heart t'upbraid,
""Which thy fair image too distinctly bears:
""The cloud, which darkly o'er my fancy play'd,
""Whate'er th' illusion may have caus'd, now clears,
""And, tho' with range uncertain, doubts and fears
""Contend for empire and distract my mind.
""Ah! look not so! drop not those pearly tears
""Hide those perfections, lest, to duty blind,
'Again my working soul to madness be resign'd!'
",,15891,"","Doubts and fears may ""Contend for empire and distract the mind""","",2009-09-14 19:45:00 UTC,""
5976,"","Searching ""empire"" and ""soul"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2004-08-11 00:00:00 UTC," ""Might I without presumption sketch a plan,
""By which Heav'n's high behest to circumvent,
""And fix our empire o'er the soul of man,
""Thus would I realize my great intent.
""Let your expertest ministers be sent
""His heart against compassion's touch to steel;
""'Till, callous grown, he ceases to lament
""The tortures which his suff'ring victims feel,
""When from his hand they shrink, and make their vain appeal.
",,15892,•Spoken by the Monarch?,"One may fix his empire ""o'er the soul of man""","",2009-09-14 19:45:00 UTC,""
5976,"","Searching ""empire"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2004-08-22 00:00:00 UTC," ""'Tis transport worthy of infernal skill,
""To view the struggling and half-vanquish'd soul,
""Led on from crime to crime, entangled still,
""And still compell'd to own our high controul:
""To hear man curse the subtlety which stole
""Insidious empire o'er his weaken'd heart;
""Still framing new pretences, to console
""For added sin, yet by our potent art
""From virtue's bound'ry forc'd still further to depart.",,15893,"","Subtlety may steal ""insidious empire o'er [the] weaken'd heart""","",2009-09-14 19:45:01 UTC,""
5976,"",Searching HDIS (Poetry),2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC," ""But thee nor toils nor adverse fate alarm:
""Thy gallant heart, where constancy presides,
""Which innate worth and gen'rous feelings warm,
""Mocks at extrinsic chance and fear derides.
""Tho' threat'ning oceans heave their boist'rous tides,
""Tho' light'nings glare, and thunders round thee roll,
""Protecting Heav'n my wand'ring hero guides,
""Inspires new courage fortune to controul,
""Braces each nerve, and stamps with energy his soul.
",,15896,"","Heaven ""Braces each nerve, and stamps with energy his soul""","",2009-09-14 19:45:01 UTC,""
5976,"",Searching HDIS (Poetry),2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC," ""Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd,
""Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King;
""And dear the hours which to my grateful mind
""The splendid image of his virtues bring.
""From this pure source of knightly prowess spring
""All that of promise grac'd my rude essays.
""Thus when the Eaglet tries his feeble wing,
""Led by his princely sire, he learns to raise
""Towards Heaven his ardent glance, and on the sun to gaze.
",,15897,"","""Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd, / Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King""","",2009-09-14 19:45:01 UTC,""