Prefaces,Biographical and Critical to the Works of the English Poets1781 |
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... endeavoured to alleviate his lofs by a legacy of three hundred pounds , yet , as he had none to profecute his claim , to fhelter him from oppreffion , or call - in law to the affiftance of juf- tice , her will was eluded by the ...
... endeavoured to alleviate his lofs by a legacy of three hundred pounds , yet , as he had none to profecute his claim , to fhelter him from oppreffion , or call - in law to the affiftance of juf- tice , her will was eluded by the ...
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... endeavoured to rid herself from the danger of being at any time made known to him , by fending him fecretly to the American planta- tions * . By whofe kindness this scheme was counter- acted , or by what interpofition fhe was induced ...
... endeavoured to rid herself from the danger of being at any time made known to him , by fending him fecretly to the American planta- tions * . By whofe kindness this scheme was counter- acted , or by what interpofition fhe was induced ...
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... endeavoured to fupprefs it , by destroying all the copies that he could collect . He then attempted a more gainful kind of writing , and in his eighteenth year offered to * Jacob's Lives of Dramatic Poets . the stage a comedy borrowed ...
... endeavoured to fupprefs it , by destroying all the copies that he could collect . He then attempted a more gainful kind of writing , and in his eighteenth year offered to * Jacob's Lives of Dramatic Poets . the stage a comedy borrowed ...
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... endeavoured to fhew his gra- titude in the most decent manner , by wearing mourning as for a mother ; but did not celebrate her in elegies , becaufe he knew that too great profufion of praife would only have revived thofe faults which ...
... endeavoured to fhew his gra- titude in the most decent manner , by wearing mourning as for a mother ; but did not celebrate her in elegies , becaufe he knew that too great profufion of praife would only have revived thofe faults which ...
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... endeavoured to diffufe among all those over whom nature or fortune gave her any influence , and indeed fucceeded too well in her defign ; but could not always propagate her effrontery with her cruelty , for fome of thofe , whom the ...
... endeavoured to diffufe among all those over whom nature or fortune gave her any influence , and indeed fucceeded too well in her defign ; but could not always propagate her effrontery with her cruelty , for fome of thofe , whom the ...
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8 ページ - ... a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens.
37 ページ - The poet leads us through the appearances of things as they are successively varied by the vicissitudes of the year, and imparts to us so much of his own enthusiasm that our thoughts expand with his imagery and kindle with his sentiments.
6 ページ - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics, which he engaged to write with a large commentary, advanced as much money as enabled him to escape into the country. He showed me the guineas safe in his hand.
77 ページ - Bastard, he laments in a very affecting manner : — No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer ; No Father's guardian hand my youth maintain'd, Call'd forth my virtues, or from vice restrain'd.
38 ページ - The great defect of the Seasons is want of method; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should be mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the help of order, and the curiosity is not excited by suspense or expectation.
37 ページ - His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter take in their turns possession of the mind.
34 ページ - ... but, said Savage, he knows not any love but that of the sex; he was perhaps never in cold water in his life; and he indulges himself in all the luxury that comes within his reach.
14 ページ - The approaches of this dreadful malady he began to feel soon after his uncle's death ; and, with the usual weakness of men so diseased, eagerly snatched that temporary relief with which the table and the bottle flatter and seduce.
4 ページ - He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket.