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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... given by Cromwell to one Mrs. Thomas , and fhe many years af- terwards fold them to Curll , who inferted them in a volume of his Mifcellanies . Walsh , a name yet preferved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His ...
... given by Cromwell to one Mrs. Thomas , and fhe many years af- terwards fold them to Curll , who inferted them in a volume of his Mifcellanies . Walsh , a name yet preferved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His ...
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... given by himself of his ftudies was , that from fourteen to twenty he read only for amufement , from twenty to twenty - feven for improvement and instruction ; that in the first part of this time he defired only to know , and in the ...
... given by himself of his ftudies was , that from fourteen to twenty he read only for amufement , from twenty to twenty - feven for improvement and instruction ; that in the first part of this time he defired only to know , and in the ...
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... given her a proper education , expected like other guardians that she 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 ...
... given her a proper education , expected like other guardians that she 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 ...
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... given with evident in- tention to raise the Lady's character , it does not appear that she had any claim to praise , nor much to compaffion . She feems to have been impatient , violent , and ungovernable . Her unkle's power could not ...
... given with evident in- tention to raise the Lady's character , it does not appear that she had any claim to praise , nor much to compaffion . She feems to have been impatient , violent , and ungovernable . Her unkle's power could not ...
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... given to this tranfla- tion , though report seems to have over - rated it , was fuch as the world has not often seen . The fubfcribers were five hundred and feventy- five . The copies , for which fubfcriptions were given , were fix ...
... given to this tranfla- tion , though report seems to have over - rated it , was fuch as the world has not often seen . The fubfcribers were five hundred and feventy- five . The copies , for which fubfcriptions were given , were fix ...
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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.