prefaces biographical and critical to the works of the english poets1781 |
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... appears to have been to pre- pare the publick for the reception of fome tragedy of his own . His Lord- hip's patronage , he fays , will not let him repent his passion for the stage and the particular praife beftowed on Othello and ...
... appears to have been to pre- pare the publick for the reception of fome tragedy of his own . His Lord- hip's patronage , he fays , will not let him repent his passion for the stage and the particular praife beftowed on Othello and ...
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... appears to have spent fome time on the compofition of it . While other bards with Britain's hero fet their fouls on fire , he draws , he fays , a deeper fcene . Mark- borough had been confidered by Britain as her hero ; but , when the ...
... appears to have spent fome time on the compofition of it . While other bards with Britain's hero fet their fouls on fire , he draws , he fays , a deeper fcene . Mark- borough had been confidered by Britain as her hero ; but , when the ...
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... appears to aim at fomething of the fame fort from George . Of the poem the intention feems to have been , to fhew that he had the fame extravagant strain of praise for a King as for a Queen . To discover , at the very outfet of a ...
... appears to aim at fomething of the fame fort from George . Of the poem the intention feems to have been , to fhew that he had the fame extravagant strain of praise for a King as for a Queen . To discover , at the very outfet of a ...
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... appears that a tragedy by Young was in the theatre fo early as 1713 ; yet Buftris was not brought upon Drury - Lane Stage till 1719. It was infcribed to the Duke of Newcastle , " because the late inftances he " had } " had received of ...
... appears that a tragedy by Young was in the theatre fo early as 1713 ; yet Buftris was not brought upon Drury - Lane Stage till 1719. It was infcribed to the Duke of Newcastle , " because the late inftances he " had } " had received of ...
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... appear in Tonfon's edition , while it fpeaks of his prefent retirement , feems to make an unusual struggle to efcape from retirement . It is addreffed , in no common ftrain of flattery , to a Lord Chancellor , of whom he clearly appears ...
... appear in Tonfon's edition , while it fpeaks of his prefent retirement , feems to make an unusual struggle to efcape from retirement . It is addreffed , in no common ftrain of flattery , to a Lord Chancellor , of whom he clearly appears ...
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Addiſon addreffed afterwards All-fouls almoſt Anne Wharton blank verfe cenfure College compofition conclufion confeffed confequence curiofity death dedicated deferve defign Duke Duke of Grafton Duke of Wharton eafy Edward Young faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems felf fent fhall fhew fhort fhould fide firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foon friendſhip ftand ftanza ftill ftory ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficiently fuppofe fupported fure Gray himſelf honour houſe juft Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Letter Lord Lorenzo Lyrick Lyttelton Mallet Margaret of Anjou ments moſt Mufe muſt never Night Thoughts Obfervations occafion paffage paffed Paffion perfon perfuaded Pindar pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed raiſed reafon rhyme ſeems ſtate thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy Univerfal verſe vifit Voltaire Walpole Weft Wharton whofe whoſe worfe write Young
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18 ページ - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain: The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
17 ページ - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
6 ページ - Mallet, without any imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend.
60 ページ - O how divine ! to tread the milky way, To the bright palace of the lord of day ; His court admire, or for his favour sue, Or leagues of friendship with his saints renew...
9 ページ - A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally casual — they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficience. By any acute observer who had looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century a very curious book might be written on the "Fortune of Physicians.
23 ページ - The Prospect of Eton College suggests nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel.
43 ページ - Short was his joy. He little knew The power of Magic was no fable ; Out of the window, whisk, they flew, But left a spell upon the table.
13 ページ - Westmoreland and Cumberland. He that reads his epistolary narration wishes, that to travel, and to tell his travels, had been more of his employment ; but it is by studying at home that we must obtain the ability of travelling with intelligence and improvement.
17 ページ - twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
6 ページ - Now was excited his delight in rural pleasures, and his ambition of rural elegance : he began from this time to point his prospects, to diversify his surface, to entangle his walks, and to wind his waters ; which he did with such judgment and such fancy, as made his little domain the envy of the great, and the admiration of the skilful ; a place to be visited by travellers, and copied by designers.