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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... fhould differ fo much from human fhape , as his unthink , ing immaterial part does from human un- derstanding . " Thus began the hoftility between Pope and Dennis , which , though it was fufpended for a fhort time , never was appeafed ...
... fhould differ fo much from human fhape , as his unthink , ing immaterial part does from human un- derstanding . " Thus began the hoftility between Pope and Dennis , which , though it was fufpended for a fhort time , never was appeafed ...
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... fhould be offended . Addison immediately faw the writer's design ; and , as it seems , had malice enough to con- ceal his discovery , and to permit a publica- tion which , by making his friend Philips ridiculous , made him for ever an ...
... fhould be offended . Addison immediately faw the writer's design ; and , as it seems , had malice enough to con- ceal his discovery , and to permit a publica- tion which , by making his friend Philips ridiculous , made him for ever an ...
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... fhould be wasted upon a work not original ; but proposed no means by which he might live without it : Addison recom- mended caution and moderation , and advifed him not to be content with the praise of half the nation , when he might be ...
... fhould be wasted upon a work not original ; but proposed no means by which he might live without it : Addison recom- mended caution and moderation , and advifed him not to be content with the praise of half the nation , when he might be ...
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... fhould be printed but for the au- thor , that the fubfcription might not be de- preciated ; but Lintot impreffed the fame pages upon a small Folio , and paper perhaps a lit- tle thinner ; and fold exactly . at half the price , for half ...
... fhould be printed but for the au- thor , that the fubfcription might not be de- preciated ; but Lintot impreffed the fame pages upon a small Folio , and paper perhaps a lit- tle thinner ; and fold exactly . at half the price , for half ...
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... fhould re- ceive . Their commerce had its beginning in hope of praise on one fide , and of money on the other , and ended because Pope was less eager of money than Halifax of praise . It is not likely that Halifax had any perfonal ...
... fhould re- ceive . Their commerce had its beginning in hope of praise on one fide , and of money on the other , and ended because Pope was less eager of money than Halifax of praise . It is not likely that Halifax had any perfonal ...
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Страница 17 - 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 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.