The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Waller. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonC. 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, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 страница |
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... thing particular but that he used to ride a - hunting in a tye - wig . He was fond , and perhaps vain , of amufing himself with po- etry and criticism ; and fometimes fent his performances to Pope , who did not forbear fuch remarks as ...
... thing particular but that he used to ride a - hunting in a tye - wig . He was fond , and perhaps vain , of amufing himself with po- etry and criticism ; and fometimes fent his performances to Pope , who did not forbear fuch remarks as ...
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... thing , and gave him no en- couragement to retouch it . This has been too haftily confidered as an instance of Addison's jealousy ; for as he could not guefs the conduct of the new de- fign , or the poffibilities of pleasure comprif- ed ...
... thing , and gave him no en- couragement to retouch it . This has been too haftily confidered as an instance of Addison's jealousy ; for as he could not guefs the conduct of the new de- fign , or the poffibilities of pleasure comprif- ed ...
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... thing of fuch unexampled excellence . Thofe performances , which ftrike with wonder , are combinations of skilful genius with happy cafualty ; and it is not likely that any feli- city , like the discovery of a new race of pre ...
... thing of fuch unexampled excellence . Thofe performances , which ftrike with wonder , are combinations of skilful genius with happy cafualty ; and it is not likely that any feli- city , like the discovery of a new race of pre ...
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... thing might be gathered from Dacier ; but no man loves to be indebted to his contem- poraries , and Dacier was acceffible to com- mon readers . Euftathius was therefore ne- ceffarily confulted . To read Euftathius , of whose work there ...
... thing might be gathered from Dacier ; but no man loves to be indebted to his contem- poraries , and Dacier was acceffible to com- mon readers . Euftathius was therefore ne- ceffarily confulted . To read Euftathius , of whose work there ...
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... things know , and all things can refound ; Relate what armies fought the Trojan land , What nations follow'd , and what chiefs command ; ( For doubtful Fame diftracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) Without ...
... things know , and all things can refound ; Relate what armies fought the Trojan land , What nations follow'd , and what chiefs command ; ( For doubtful Fame diftracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) Without ...
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Addiſon addreffed afterwards againſt almoſt appear aſked becauſe beſt Bolingbroke cauſe cenfure character compofition confequence confiderable confidered criticiſm criticks deferves defign defire diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eaſily Edward Young Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph Eſſay fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fhall fhew fhort fhould firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely greateſt higheſt himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters Lord Lyttelton Mallet maſter 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 ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflation univerfally unkle uſed verfe verfion verſes whofe whoſe wiſh write written Young
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Страница 353 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Страница 171 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
Страница 120 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Страница 185 - Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long; The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground.
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 125 - 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 172 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. 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.
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 238 - Yet softer honours, and less noisy fame, Attend the shade of gentle Buckingham : In whom a race, for courage fam'd and art, Ends in the milder merit of the heart : And, chiefs or sages long to Britain given, Pays the last tribute of a saint to Heaven.
Страница 291 - But his devotional poetry is, like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition, and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.