The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Том 4C. 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, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen., 1783 |
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... mentioned a thousand copies as a numerous impreffion . Dennis was not his only cenfurer ; the zealous papists thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too ftudiously praised ; but to these objections he had not ...
... mentioned a thousand copies as a numerous impreffion . Dennis was not his only cenfurer ; the zealous papists thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too ftudiously praised ; but to these objections he had not ...
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... mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an infult than an honour ; and fhe may be fup- pofed to have inherited the opinion of her family . At its first appearance it was termed by Addison merum fal . Pope , however ...
... mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an infult than an honour ; and fhe may be fup- pofed to have inherited the opinion of her family . At its first appearance it was termed by Addison merum fal . Pope , however ...
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... mention , when perhaps it may be faid with justice , that he has excelled every compofition of the fame kind . The mixture of religious hope and refignation gives an elevation and dignity to difappointed love , which images merely ...
... mention , when perhaps it may be faid with justice , that he has excelled every compofition of the fame kind . The mixture of religious hope and refignation gives an elevation and dignity to difappointed love , which images merely ...
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... mention ; and being under the neceffity of making a fubterraneous pas fage to a garden on the other fide of the road , he adorned it with foffile bodies , and dignified it with the title of a grotto ; a place F 2 it Р О РЕ . 67.
... mention ; and being under the neceffity of making a fubterraneous pas fage to a garden on the other fide of the road , he adorned it with foffile bodies , and dignified it with the title of a grotto ; a place F 2 it Р О РЕ . 67.
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... which had been given of Shak- speare by Dryden ; and he drew the publick attention upon his works , which , though of- ten mentioned , had been little read . Soon Soon after the appearance of the Iliad , re- folving 72 POPE .
... which had been given of Shak- speare by Dryden ; and he drew the publick attention upon his works , which , though of- ten mentioned , had been little read . Soon Soon after the appearance of the Iliad , re- folving 72 POPE .
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Addiſon afterwards againſt almoſt appears becauſe beſt Bolingbroke cenfure character compofition confequence confiderable confidered converfation criticiſm criticks curiofity defign defire diction diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eafily Edward Young Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph fafe faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftanza ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuppofed furely higheſt himſelf hiſtory honour houſe Iliad increaſe kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters lived Lord Lyttelton Mallet 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 ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy ſuch theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflated unkle uſed verfe verfion verſes vifit whofe whoſe wiſh write written Young
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Страница 170 - 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. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller.
Страница 170 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Страница 419 - The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity.
Страница 168 - ... none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
Страница 328 - 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* His house was mean, and he did not improve it; his care was of his grounds.
Страница 15 - Miscellany, in a volume which began with the pastorals of Philips, and ended with those of Pope. The same year was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension, such nicety of distinction, such acquaintance with mankind, and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning, as are not often attained by the maturest age and longest experience. It was published about two years afterwards ; and being praised by Addison in the Spectator* with sufficient liberality,...
Страница 469 - 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.
Страница 208 - After all this it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, whether Pope was a poet? otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Страница 123 - 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.
Страница 141 - Most of what can be told concerning his petty peculiarities was communicated by a female domestic of the Earl of Oxford, who knew him perhaps after the middle of life. He was then so weak as to stand in perpetual need of female attendance; extremely sensible of cold, so that he wore a kind of fur doublet under a shirt of a very coarse warm linen with fine sleeves.