The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, 第 4 巻C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen., 1783 |
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... ftanza recurs again to common- places . The conclufion is too evidently mo- delled by that of Dryden ; and it may be re- marked that both end with the fame fault , the comparison of each is literal on one fide , and metaphorical on the ...
... ftanza recurs again to common- places . The conclufion is too evidently mo- delled by that of Dryden ; and it may be re- marked that both end with the fame fault , the comparison of each is literal on one fide , and metaphorical on the ...
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... felection , and he ought to fhew the beauties without the groffness of the coun- try life . His ftanza feems to have been chofen in imitation of Rowe's Defpairing Shepherd . In the first part are two paffages , to which In 332 SHENSTONE .
... felection , and he ought to fhew the beauties without the groffness of the coun- try life . His ftanza feems to have been chofen in imitation of Rowe's Defpairing Shepherd . In the first part are two paffages , to which In 332 SHENSTONE .
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... ftanza of , what every reader will discover in it , " involuntary burlefque . " The northern blast , The fhattered mast , The fyrt , the whirlpool , and the rock , The breaking spout , The stars gone out , The boiling ftreight , the ...
... ftanza of , what every reader will discover in it , " involuntary burlefque . " The northern blast , The fhattered mast , The fyrt , the whirlpool , and the rock , The breaking spout , The stars gone out , The boiling ftreight , the ...
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... ftanza , fuch as he often was in his highest vigour . His Tragedies not making part of the Col- lection , I had forgotten , till Mr. Steevens re- called them to my thoughts by remarking , that he seemed to have one favourite cata ...
... ftanza , fuch as he often was in his highest vigour . His Tragedies not making part of the Col- lection , I had forgotten , till Mr. Steevens re- called them to my thoughts by remarking , that he seemed to have one favourite cata ...
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... ftanza the azure flowers that blow , fhew refolutely a rhyme is fometimes made when it cannot easily be found . Selima , the Cat , is called a nymph , with fome violence both to language and fenfe ; but there is good ufe made of it when ...
... ftanza the azure flowers that blow , fhew refolutely a rhyme is fometimes made when it cannot easily be found . Selima , the Cat , is called a nymph , with fome violence both to language and fenfe ; but there is good ufe made of it when ...
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Addiſon afterwards againſt almoſt appears becauſe beſt Bolingbroke cenfure character compofition confequence confiderable confidered converfation criticiſm criticks curiofity defign defire diction diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eafily Edward Young Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph fafe faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftanza ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuppofed furely higheſt himſelf hiſtory honour houſe Iliad increaſe kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters lived Lord Lyttelton Mallet mind moſt muſt never Night Thoughts numbers obferved occafion paffages paffed paffion perfons perfuaded perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon ſay ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy ſuch theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflated unkle uſed verfe verfion verſes vifit whofe whoſe wiſh write written Young
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170 ページ - Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller.
170 ページ - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
419 ページ - The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity.
168 ページ - ... none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
328 ページ - The pleasure of Shenstone was all in his eye : he valued what he valued merely for its looks; nothing raised his indignation more than to ask if there were any fishes in his water* His house was mean, and he did not improve it; his care was of his grounds.
15 ページ - Miscellany, in a volume which began with the pastorals of Philips, and ended with those of Pope. The same year was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension, such nicety of distinction, such acquaintance with mankind, and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning, as are not often attained by the maturest age and longest experience. It was published about two years afterwards ; and being praised by Addison in the Spectator* with sufficient liberality,...
469 ページ - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
208 ページ - After all this it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, whether Pope was a poet? otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
123 ページ - Man, of which he has given this account to Dr. Swift. March 25, 1736. If ever I write any more Epistles in verse one of them shall be addressed to you. I have long concerted it, and begun it; but I would make what bears your name as finished as my last work ought to be, that is to say, more finished than any of the rest. The subject is large, and will divide into four Epistles, which naturally follow the Essay on Man, viz.
141 ページ - Most of what can be told concerning his petty peculiarities was communicated by a female domestic of the Earl of Oxford, who knew him perhaps after the middle of life. He was then so weak as to stand in perpetual need of female attendance; extremely sensible of cold, so that he wore a kind of fur doublet under a shirt of a very coarse warm linen with fine sleeves.