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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... continued through his life , but the mildness of his mind perhaps ended with his child- hood . His voice , when he was young , was fo pleasing , that he was called in fondness the little Nightingale . Being not fent early to school , he ...
... continued through his life , but the mildness of his mind perhaps ended with his child- hood . His voice , when he was young , was fo pleasing , that he was called in fondness the little Nightingale . Being not fent early to school , he ...
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... continued by petty provocations , and incivi- lities fometimes peevishly returned , and some- times contemptuoufly neglected , which would escape all attention but that . of pride , and drop from any memory but that of resent- ment ...
... continued by petty provocations , and incivi- lities fometimes peevishly returned , and some- times contemptuoufly neglected , which would escape all attention but that . of pride , and drop from any memory but that of resent- ment ...
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... continued a vindication of the Essay on Man , in the literary journal of that time called The Republick of Letters . Pope , who probably began to doubt the tendency of his own work , was glad that the pofitions , of which he perceived ...
... continued a vindication of the Essay on Man , in the literary journal of that time called The Republick of Letters . Pope , who probably began to doubt the tendency of his own work , was glad that the pofitions , of which he perceived ...
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... continued view ; and , certainly , what we hide from ourselves we do not fhew to our friends , There is , indeed , no tranf- action which offers ftronger temptations to fallacy and fophiftication than epistolary in- tercourse . In the ...
... continued view ; and , certainly , what we hide from ourselves we do not fhew to our friends , There is , indeed , no tranf- action which offers ftronger temptations to fallacy and fophiftication than epistolary in- tercourse . In the ...
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... continued too long . Of his vain defire to make Bentley contemptible , I never heard any adequate reafon . He was fometimes wanton in his attacks ; and , before Chandos , Lady Wortley , and Hill , was mean in his retreat . The The ...
... continued too long . Of his vain defire to make Bentley contemptible , I never heard any adequate reafon . He was fometimes wanton in his attacks ; and , before Chandos , Lady Wortley , and Hill , was mean in his retreat . The The ...
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Addiſon addreffed afterwards againſt almoſt appear aſked becauſe beſt Bolingbroke cauſe cenfure character compofition confequence confiderable confidered criticiſm criticks deferves defign defire diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eaſily Edward Young Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph Eſſay fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fhall fhew fhort fhould firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely greateſt higheſt himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters Lord Lyttelton Mallet maſter 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 ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflation univerfally unkle uſed verfe verfion verſes whofe whoſe wiſh write written Young
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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.