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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... wrote the poem on the Deity , which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that college , to send every year to the earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in ac- knowledgment of a benefaction enjoyed by ...
... wrote the poem on the Deity , which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that college , to send every year to the earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in ac- knowledgment of a benefaction enjoyed by ...
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... wrote a long ode , which was presented to the king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another embassy , at the treaty of Ryswick , in 1697 ; * and next year had the same office at the court of ...
... wrote a long ode , which was presented to the king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another embassy , at the treaty of Ryswick , in 1697 ; * and next year had the same office at the court of ...
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... wrote to Prior thus ; " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ; make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to ...
... wrote to Prior thus ; " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ; make use of it , once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to ...
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... is the great source of pleasure . Per- haps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if he should control his desire 16 LIFE OF PRIOR .
... is the great source of pleasure . Per- haps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if he should control his desire 16 LIFE OF PRIOR .
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... wrote it I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterward , through my indiscretion , it was seen , and in some little time more it was acted ; and I , through the ...
... wrote it I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterward , through my indiscretion , it was seen , and in some little time more it was acted ; and I , through the ...
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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.