Prefaces,Biographical and Critical to the Works of the English Poets1781 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 7
עמוד 27
... observation may be extended to all his Dedications : his compli- ments are constrained and violent , heaped to- gether without the grace of order , or the decency of introduction : he feems to have written his Panegyrics for the perufal ...
... observation may be extended to all his Dedications : his compli- ments are constrained and violent , heaped to- gether without the grace of order , or the decency of introduction : he feems to have written his Panegyrics for the perufal ...
עמוד 31
... observed , that neither reason nor law obliged a man to wait for the blow which was threatened , and which , if he fhould fuffer it , he might ever be able to return ; that it was always allowable to prevent an affault , and to preferve ...
... observed , that neither reason nor law obliged a man to wait for the blow which was threatened , and which , if he fhould fuffer it , he might ever be able to return ; that it was always allowable to prevent an affault , and to preferve ...
עמוד 49
... observe the im- partiality which I recommend , by declaring what Savage afferted , that the account of the circumstances which attended the publication of the Dunciad , however strange and improbable , was exactly true . The publication ...
... observe the im- partiality which I recommend , by declaring what Savage afferted , that the account of the circumstances which attended the publication of the Dunciad , however strange and improbable , was exactly true . The publication ...
עמוד 59
... observed . He forgot : how lavishly he had , in his Dedication to THE WANDERER , extolled the delicacy and penetra- tion , the humanity and generofity , the candour and politenefs , of the man , whom , when he no longer loved him , he ...
... observed . He forgot : how lavishly he had , in his Dedication to THE WANDERER , extolled the delicacy and penetra- tion , the humanity and generofity , the candour and politenefs , of the man , whom , when he no longer loved him , he ...
עמוד 72
... observed how flowly poetical merit had often forced its way into the world ; he contented himself with the applause of men of judgement , and was fomewhat difpofed to ex- Iclude all thofe from the character of men of judgement who did ...
... observed how flowly poetical merit had often forced its way into the world ; he contented himself with the applause of men of judgement , and was fomewhat difpofed to ex- Iclude all thofe from the character of men of judgement who did ...
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accufation afferted affiftance afterwards againſt anfwer appeared becauſe cenfure cife compaffion conduct confequence confidered converfation death declared deferve defign defirous diftrefs diſcovered diſtinguiſhed eafily endeavoured eſteem expence expofed faid fame fatire favour feems fent fhall fhew fhort fhould firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupported generofity genius herſelf himſelf houſe imagined inftance infult intereft kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel mankind meaſures mifery mind misfortunes moft moſt mother muſt neceffary neceffities never obferved obliged occafion paffion panegyric penfion perfons perhaps pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem praiſe prefs prifon profe promiſed propofed publiſhed Queen racter raiſed reaſon received refentment refolution regard Savage Savage's ſcheme ſhe Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole Sir Thomas Overbury ſtage ſtate tenderneſs thefe themſelves Theophilus Cibber theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thought tion tragedy uſed utmoſt verfe verſes virtue whofe write
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 8 - ... a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens.
עמוד 37 - The poet leads us through the appearances of things as they are successively varied by the vicissitudes of the year, and imparts to us so much of his own enthusiasm that our thoughts expand with his imagery and kindle with his sentiments.
עמוד 6 - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics, which he engaged to write with a large commentary, advanced as much money as enabled him to escape into the country. He showed me the guineas safe in his hand.
עמוד 77 - Bastard, he laments in a very affecting manner : — No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer ; No Father's guardian hand my youth maintain'd, Call'd forth my virtues, or from vice restrain'd.
עמוד 38 - The great defect of the Seasons is want of method; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should be mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the help of order, and the curiosity is not excited by suspense or expectation.
עמוד 37 - His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter take in their turns possession of the mind.
עמוד 34 - ... but, said Savage, he knows not any love but that of the sex; he was perhaps never in cold water in his life; and he indulges himself in all the luxury that comes within his reach.
עמוד 14 - The approaches of this dreadful malady he began to feel soon after his uncle's death ; and, with the usual weakness of men so diseased, eagerly snatched that temporary relief with which the table and the bottle flatter and seduce.
עמוד 4 - He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket.