The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets. With an Account of Their Writings, 第 2 巻A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor and F. Batley, 1723 - 360 ページ |
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... thought themfelves infpir'd , and whofe Readers too have many of them thought the Tame , tha the belt Judges come ftrongly pre- judic'd against any thing of this kind , as generally expecting nothing but Froth and Emptinels An1 as the ...
... thought themfelves infpir'd , and whofe Readers too have many of them thought the Tame , tha the belt Judges come ftrongly pre- judic'd against any thing of this kind , as generally expecting nothing but Froth and Emptinels An1 as the ...
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... Thoughts upon ; as in Profpects thofe are beft and moft pleafing , which leave us room to guess more than the Eye can discover . 97 , 4 For an Author to leave a thing when it is well , to ftop regularly where he ought to ftop , fhews an ...
... Thoughts upon ; as in Profpects thofe are beft and moft pleafing , which leave us room to guess more than the Eye can discover . 97 , 4 For an Author to leave a thing when it is well , to ftop regularly where he ought to ftop , fhews an ...
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... to have much Nobleuefs of Thought , Elevation , and Tranfport : And it requires , to fuflaimall the Majefty of its Character , an exalted Wit , a daring Fancy , and an Expreffion noble Wit , xxii An Introductory Essay , & c .
... to have much Nobleuefs of Thought , Elevation , and Tranfport : And it requires , to fuflaimall the Majefty of its Character , an exalted Wit , a daring Fancy , and an Expreffion noble Wit , xxii An Introductory Essay , & c .
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... Thought that is natural , but fine , and fubtle . And the Latin Epigram endea vours to furprize the Mind by fome nipping word , which is call'd a Point ; but this latter is esteem'd a falfe Tafte : And Catullus's clofing a natural Thought ...
... Thought that is natural , but fine , and fubtle . And the Latin Epigram endea vours to furprize the Mind by fome nipping word , which is call'd a Point ; but this latter is esteem'd a falfe Tafte : And Catullus's clofing a natural Thought ...
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... Thoughts , under a fimple and homely Expref- hion . In this Poem the Thoughts are to be eafy , the Fancy high , and the Words , tho ' hard wrought , fhould feem to fall by Chance , which is a Beauty in all Poetry.yð án nà 1 4 I fhall ...
... Thoughts , under a fimple and homely Expref- hion . In this Poem the Thoughts are to be eafy , the Fancy high , and the Words , tho ' hard wrought , fhould feem to fall by Chance , which is a Beauty in all Poetry.yð án nà 1 4 I fhall ...
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198 ページ - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
104 ページ - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
255 ページ - To his friends' pity, and pursuers' scorn, With shame remembers while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Thence to the coverts and the conscious groves, The scenes of his past triumphs and his loves.
147 ページ - Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
196 ページ - Sidney rais'd his Gratuity to Two Hundred Pounds, and commanded the Steward to give it immediately, lest as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole Estate.
144 ページ - I'd in pleasure, ease, and plenty live. And as I near approach'd the verge of life, Some kind relation (for I'd have no wife) Should take upon him all my worldly care, Whilst I did for a better state prepare.
257 ページ - But free and common as the sea or wind; When he to boast or to disperse his stores Full of the tributes of his grateful shores, Visits the world, and in his flying towers Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours; Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants.
105 ページ - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hallowed feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit...
174 ページ - His behaviour was easy and courteous to all ; but distinguished and adapted to each man in particular, according to his station and quality. His civility was free from the formality of rule, and flowed immediately from his good sense.
276 ページ - He kept up his good" humour to the laft ; and took leave of " his wife and friends, immediately before " his laft agony, with the fame tranquillity " of mind, and the fame indifference for " life, as though he had been upon taking " but a fhort journey. He was twice mar" ried, firft to a daughter of Mr.