The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Waller. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonC. 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, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 ページ |
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... should make at least an equal match ; and fuch he pro- posed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the correfpondence be tween the two lovers , and finding the young lady ...
... should make at least an equal match ; and fuch he pro- posed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the correfpondence be tween the two lovers , and finding the young lady ...
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... should be printed but for the au- thor , that the fubfcription might not be de- preciated ; but Lintot impreffed the fame pages upon a small Folio , and paper perhaps a lit- tle thinner ; and fold exactly at half the price , for half a ...
... should be printed but for the au- thor , that the fubfcription might not be de- preciated ; but Lintot impreffed the fame pages upon a small Folio , and paper perhaps a lit- tle thinner ; and fold exactly at half the price , for half a ...
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... should be preffed with want of money , he would fend to him for occafional fupplies . Craggs was not long in power , and was never folicited for money by Pope , who disdained to beg what he did not want . With the product of this ...
... should be preffed with want of money , he would fend to him for occafional fupplies . Craggs was not long in power , and was never folicited for money by Pope , who disdained to beg what he did not want . With the product of this ...
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... should re- ceive . Their commerce had its beginning in hope of praise on one fide , and of money on the other , and ended because Pope was lefs eager of money than Halifax of praise . It is not likely that Halifax had any personal ...
... should re- ceive . Their commerce had its beginning in hope of praise on one fide , and of money on the other , and ended because Pope was lefs eager of money than Halifax of praise . It is not likely that Halifax had any personal ...
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... should not , by too much arro- gance , alienate the publick . To this Pope is faid to have replied with great keenness and severity , upbraiding Ad- dison with perpetual dependance , and with the abuse of those qualifications which he ...
... should not , by too much arro- gance , alienate the publick . To this Pope is faid to have replied with great keenness and severity , upbraiding Ad- dison with perpetual dependance , and with the abuse of those qualifications which he ...
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353 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...
171 ページ - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
120 ページ - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
185 ページ - Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long; The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground.
485 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.
125 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.
172 ページ - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. 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.
55 ページ - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
238 ページ - Yet softer honours, and less noisy fame, Attend the shade of gentle Buckingham : In whom a race, for courage fam'd and art, Ends in the milder merit of the heart : And, chiefs or sages long to Britain given, Pays the last tribute of a saint to Heaven.
291 ページ - But his devotional poetry is, like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition, and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.