Lives of English poetsNichols and Son, 1801 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 52
עמוד 9
... of Mr. Philips is full of the noblest beauties , and hath done juftice to the afhes of that fecond Milton , whofe writings will last as long as the Eng- lish language , generosity , and valour . For him lish SMIT H. g.
... of Mr. Philips is full of the noblest beauties , and hath done juftice to the afhes of that fecond Milton , whofe writings will last as long as the Eng- lish language , generosity , and valour . For him lish SMIT H. g.
עמוד 14
... language . He had drawn out a plan of a tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through feveral scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at pre- fent lodged ; and ...
... language . He had drawn out a plan of a tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through feveral scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at pre- fent lodged ; and ...
עמוד 17
... languages he had in ftore , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . The fimile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his youth , is compared to Etna flaming through the fnow , which Smith has used with great pomp , is ftolen ...
... languages he had in ftore , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . The fimile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his youth , is compared to Etna flaming through the fnow , which Smith has used with great pomp , is ftolen ...
עמוד 21
... language can fhew , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and foftnefs . There are fome paffages too ludicrous ; but every human per- formance has its faults . This elegy it was the mode among his friends to ...
... language can fhew , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and foftnefs . There are fome paffages too ludicrous ; but every human per- formance has its faults . This elegy it was the mode among his friends to ...
עמוד 49
... language was copious without exuberance , exact without constraint , and eafy without weakness . What fuch an author has told , who would tell again ? I have made an abstract from his larger nar- rative ; and have this gratification ...
... language was copious without exuberance , exact without constraint , and eafy without weakness . What fuch an author has told , who would tell again ? I have made an abstract from his larger nar- rative ; and have this gratification ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 144 - ... always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour.
עמוד 110 - He taught us how to live ; and, oh ! too high The price of knowledge, taught us how to die.
עמוד 30 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
עמוד 285 - IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station...
עמוד 91 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
עמוד 44 - Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the King is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds.
עמוד 59 - Whether what Temple says be true, that physicians have had more learning than the other faculties, I will not stay to inquire; but, I believe, every man has found in physicians great liberality and dignity of sentiment, very prompt effusion of beneficence, and willingness to exert a lucrative art where there is no hope of lucre.
עמוד 296 - ... but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for; and Savage was therefore obliged to go and offer their new production to sale for two guineas, which with some difficulty he obtained.
עמוד 116 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
עמוד 366 - WANDERER, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations ; the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.