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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... present beauty to his tranflations . Sandys very rare- ly attempted original compofition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his proficiency was confiderable , he was re- moved to a school at Twyford near Winches- ter , and again ...
... present beauty to his tranflations . Sandys very rare- ly attempted original compofition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his proficiency was confiderable , he was re- moved to a school at Twyford near Winches- ter , and again ...
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... present before publication , that they might defeat their own enmity by praises , which they could not afterwards decently retract . With these precautions , in 1733 was pub- lished the first part of the Essay on Man . There had been ...
... present before publication , that they might defeat their own enmity by praises , which they could not afterwards decently retract . With these precautions , in 1733 was pub- lished the first part of the Essay on Man . There had been ...
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... present the whole courfe of things as a necef- fary concatenation of indiffoluble fatality ; and it is undeniable , that in many paffages a religious eye may easily discover expreffions not very favourable to morals , or to liberty ...
... present the whole courfe of things as a necef- fary concatenation of indiffoluble fatality ; and it is undeniable , that in many paffages a religious eye may easily discover expreffions not very favourable to morals , or to liberty ...
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... present time exhibits nothing but a te- dious malignity . A His laft Satires , of the general kind , were two dialogues , named from the year in which they were published Seventeen Hundred and Thirty - eight . In these poems many are ...
... present time exhibits nothing but a te- dious malignity . A His laft Satires , of the general kind , were two dialogues , named from the year in which they were published Seventeen Hundred and Thirty - eight . In these poems many are ...
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... and energies of paffion , as in his Eloifa , Windfor Foreft , and the Ethick Epiftles . He had Judgement , which felects from life or nature what the present purpose purpose requires , and , by feparating the ef fence 206 POPE .
... and energies of paffion , as in his Eloifa , Windfor Foreft , and the Ethick Epiftles . He had Judgement , which felects from life or nature what the present purpose purpose requires , and , by feparating the ef fence 206 POPE .
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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.