Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets: Young. Dyer. Mallet. Shenstone. Akenside. Lyttelton. West. GrayJ. Nichols, 1781 |
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... line of my profeffion ; but hard indeed is our fate at the bar , if we may not call a few hours now - and - then our own . Of great men fomething must always be faid to gratify curiofity . Of the great author of the Night Thoughts much ...
... line of my profeffion ; but hard indeed is our fate at the bar , if we may not call a few hours now - and - then our own . Of great men fomething must always be faid to gratify curiofity . Of the great author of the Night Thoughts much ...
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Samuel Johnson. “ common friend Tickell . For the fecret hiftory of the following lines , if they contain any , it is now vain to feek : In joy once join'd , in forrow , now , for years Partner in grief , and brother of my tears ...
Samuel Johnson. “ common friend Tickell . For the fecret hiftory of the following lines , if they contain any , it is now vain to feek : In joy once join'd , in forrow , now , for years Partner in grief , and brother of my tears ...
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... line to the last of the Night Thoughts no one expreffion can be difcovered which be- trays any thing like the father . In the fecond Night I find an expreffion which betrays fomething elfe ; that Lorenzo was his friend ; one , it is ...
... line to the last of the Night Thoughts no one expreffion can be difcovered which be- trays any thing like the father . In the fecond Night I find an expreffion which betrays fomething elfe ; that Lorenzo was his friend ; one , it is ...
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... lines in the early part of life , which he did . not think deserved to be republished . In the first Night , the addrefs to the Poet's fuppofed fon is , Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the fifth Night- And burns Lorenzo ...
... lines in the early part of life , which he did . not think deserved to be republished . In the first Night , the addrefs to the Poet's fuppofed fon is , Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the fifth Night- And burns Lorenzo ...
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... had he mounted on his wing of fire , Soar'd , where I fink , and fung immor- tal man- How had it bleft mankind , and refcued me ! To the author of thefe lines Dr. War- ton chofe 4 To 74 YO UN G. under ftill greater obligations, by the ...
... had he mounted on his wing of fire , Soar'd , where I fink , and fung immor- tal man- How had it bleft mankind , and refcued me ! To the author of thefe lines Dr. War- ton chofe 4 To 74 YO UN G. under ftill greater obligations, by the ...
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addreffed afterwards All-fouls almoft Anne Wharton beftowed blank verfe cenfure College compofition conclufion confequence curiofity daugh death dedicated deferve defign diſcover Duke Duke of Wharton eafily eafy Edward Young Engliſh faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems felf fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes foon ftand ftanzas ftory ftrain ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuppofe fupported fure Gray Grongar Hill himſelf honour Houſe increaſe Lady laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Lorenzo Lyrick Lyttelton Mallet Margaret of Anjou ments mind moſt Mufe muſt never Night Thoughts Obfervations occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perfuaded Pindar pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed raiſed reafon reft rhyme ſeems ſhall thee thefe theſe Thomſon thoſe tion tragedy Univerfal vifit Voltaire Walpole Weft Wharton whofe worfe write Young
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18 ページ - Alas ! from the day that we met What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
17 ページ - Tis his with mock passion to glow ! Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die.
19 ページ - ... always to mean more than he said. Would you have any more reasons? An interval of above forty years has pretty well destroyed the charm. A dead lord ranks with commoners; vanity is no longer interested in the matter ; for a new road has become an old one.
35 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.
8 ページ - The pleasure of Shenstone was all in his eye ; he valued what he valued merely for its looks; nothing raised his indignation more than to ask if there were any fishes in his water.
26 ページ - An epithet or metaphor drawn from Nature ennobles Art: an epithet or metaphor drawn from Art degrades Nature.
107 ページ - In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
6 ページ - Mallet, without any imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend.
16 ページ - I priz'd every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleas'd me before; But now they are past, and I sigh; And I grieve that I priz'd them no more.
30 ページ - To select a singular event, and swell it to a giant's bulk by fabulous appendages of spectres and predictions, has little difficulty ; for he that forsakes the probable may always find the marvellous. And it has little use ; we are affected only as we believe ; we are improved only as we find something to be imitated or declined. I do not see that " The Bard" promotes any truth, moral or political.