The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Том 41781 |
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... fhew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Ex- change has never been discovered . Both Both pa- rents were papists . Pope was from his birth of a conftitu ...
... fhew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Ex- change has never been discovered . Both Both pa- rents were papists . Pope was from his birth of a conftitu ...
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... fhew , with fufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself , easily ima- gines that he shall please others . Sir Wil- liam Trumbal , who had been ambassador at Conftantinople , and fecretary of ftate ...
... fhew , with fufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself , easily ima- gines that he shall please others . Sir Wil- liam Trumbal , who had been ambassador at Conftantinople , and fecretary of ftate ...
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... fhew it ; and , with the ufual procefs of literary transac- tions , the author , dreading a furreptitious edition , was forced to publish it . The event is faid to have been fuch as was defired ; the pacification and diverfion of all to ...
... fhew it ; and , with the ufual procefs of literary transac- tions , the author , dreading a furreptitious edition , was forced to publish it . The event is faid to have been fuch as was defired ; the pacification and diverfion of all to ...
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... fhew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of paint- ing . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kindness and efteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a verfion into modern ...
... fhew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of paint- ing . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kindness and efteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a verfion into modern ...
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... fhew him by an easy com- putation the termination of his labour . His own diffidence was not his only vexa- tion . He that afks a fubfcription foon finds that he has enemies . All who do not en- courage him defame him . He that wants ...
... fhew him by an easy com- putation the termination of his labour . His own diffidence was not his only vexa- tion . He that afks a fubfcription foon finds that he has enemies . All who do not en- courage him defame him . He that wants ...
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Страница 286 - Every man, acquainted with the common principles of human action, will look with veneration on the writer, who is at one time -combating Locke, and at another making a catechism for children in their fourth year. A voluntary descent from the dignity of science is perhaps the hardest lesson that humility can teach.
Страница 485 - 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 172 - Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Страница 55 - 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...
Страница 233 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Страница 490 - Letters have something of that indistinct and headstrong ardour for liberty which a man of genius always catches when he enters the world, and always suffers to cool as he passes forward.
Страница 274 - They are, I think, improved in general ; yet I know not whether they have not lost part of what Temple calls their " race ;" a word which, applied to wines in its primitive sense, means the flavour of the soil. " Liberty," when it first appeared, I tried to read, and soon desisted.
Страница 173 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Страница 171 - Dryden, whose education was more scholastic, and who, before he became an author, had been allowed more time for study, with better means of information. His mind has a larger range, and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science.