Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonSamuel Etheridge, jun'r., 1810 |
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... in which he exhausts all his He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . N. powers of celebration . I mean not to accuse him LIFE OF PRIOR .
... in which he exhausts all his He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . N. powers of celebration . I mean not to accuse him LIFE OF PRIOR .
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... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house . He told them , that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
... present when the preliminary articles were talked of or signed at his house . He told them , that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them ...
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... present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of Butler by Prior , his numbers were not smooth nor neat . Prior excelled him in versification ; but he was , like Horace , inventore minor ; he had not ...
... present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of Butler by Prior , his numbers were not smooth nor neat . Prior excelled him in versification ; but he was , like Horace , inventore minor ; he had not ...
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... present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but king William was not very studious of poetry ; and Blackmore perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his ded- ication to ...
... present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but king William was not very studious of poetry ; and Blackmore perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his ded- ication to ...
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... present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the cele- bration of living characters ; and wrote a ...
... present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the cele- bration of living characters ; and wrote a ...
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Страница 289 - 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 312 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most loved, the son most dear; Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Страница 439 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Страница 314 - Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, , To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. . '• ' Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.
Страница 122 - It was his peculiar happiness, that he scarcely ever found a stranger, whom he did not leave a friend ; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long, without obliging him to become a stranger.
Страница 29 - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Страница 279 - Age," and are now the friendships only of children. Very few can boast of hearts which they dare lay open to themselves, and of which, by whatever accident exposed, they do not shun a distinct and continued view ; and certainly, what we hide from h 3 ourselves we do not shew to our friends.
Страница 259 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified.
Страница 289 - 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 203 - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and, in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary, he actually obliged us to take the money.