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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... . " This was the man who would reform a nation finking into barbarity . In another place Pope himself allowed that Dennis had detected one of thofe blunders which C 2 which are called bulls . The firft edition had this Р О Р Е. 19.
... . " This was the man who would reform a nation finking into barbarity . In another place Pope himself allowed that Dennis had detected one of thofe blunders which C 2 which are called bulls . The firft edition had this Р О Р Е. 19.
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Samuel Johnson. which are called bulls . The firft edition had this line : 60 What is this wit- Where wanted , fcorn'd ; and envied where acquir'd ? cc " How , " fays the critick , can wit be fcorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a ...
Samuel Johnson. which are called bulls . The firft edition had this line : 60 What is this wit- Where wanted , fcorn'd ; and envied where acquir'd ? cc " How , " fays the critick , can wit be fcorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a ...
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... edition , was forced to publish it . The event is faid to have been fuch as was defired ; the pacification and diverfion of all to whom it related , except Sir George Brown , who complained with fome bitterness that , in the character ...
... edition , was forced to publish it . The event is faid to have been fuch as was defired ; the pacification and diverfion of all to whom it related , except Sir George Brown , who complained with fome bitterness that , in the character ...
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... edition of the English Iliad was printed in Holland in Du- odecimo , and imported clandeftinely for the gratification of those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be counteracted by ...
... edition of the English Iliad was printed in Holland in Du- odecimo , and imported clandeftinely for the gratification of those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be counteracted by ...
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... edition , there must have been an in- termediate copy , that was perhaps destroyed as it returned from the press . From the first copy I have procured a few tranfcripts , and shall exhibit first the printed 5 . lines ; lines ; then , in ...
... edition , there must have been an in- termediate copy , that was perhaps destroyed as it returned from the press . From the first copy I have procured a few tranfcripts , and shall exhibit first the printed 5 . lines ; lines ; then , in ...
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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.