The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, כרך 3 |
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עמוד 24
4 Of Prior , eminent as he was , both by his abilities and station , very few
memorials have been left by his contemporaries ; the account therefore must now
be destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He lived at a time
when the ...
4 Of Prior , eminent as he was , both by his abilities and station , very few
memorials have been left by his contemporaries ; the account therefore must now
be destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He lived at a time
when the ...
עמוד 51
In another year ( 1695 ) his prolific pen produced Love for Love ; a comedy of
nearer alliance to life , and exhibiting more real manners , than either of the
former . The character E 2 character of Foresight was then common . Dryden
calculated ...
In another year ( 1695 ) his prolific pen produced Love for Love ; a comedy of
nearer alliance to life , and exhibiting more real manners , than either of the
former . The character E 2 character of Foresight was then common . Dryden
calculated ...
עמוד 68
... ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele ,
has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the
most striking part of the character had been already shewn in Love for Love .
... ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele ,
has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the
most striking part of the character had been already shewn in Love for Love .
עמוד 85
names , is not known . The hero of the club is one Mr. Johnson ; such a
constellation of excellence , that his character shall not be fuppressed , though
there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation , « The first I
shall name is ...
names , is not known . The hero of the club is one Mr. Johnson ; such a
constellation of excellence , that his character shall not be fuppressed , though
there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation , « The first I
shall name is ...
עמוד 166
It will not be supposed that a man of this character attained high dignities in the
church ; but he still retained the friendship , and frequented the conversation , of a
very numerous and fplendid body of acquaintance . He died July 16 , 1736 , in ...
It will not be supposed that a man of this character attained high dignities in the
church ; but he still retained the friendship , and frequented the conversation , of a
very numerous and fplendid body of acquaintance . He died July 16 , 1736 , in ...
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able afterwards againſt allowed appeared attention becauſe believe called character common conduct conſidered continued converſation court death deſign deſire diſcovered eaſily effect endeavoured equal excellence expected favour firſt fome formed fortune friends gave give given hand himſelf honour hope houſe imagined kind King known laſt leaſt leſs letter lines lived longer Lord manner means ment mentioned mind moſt mother muſt nature never obſerved obtained occaſion once opinion performance perhaps perſon play pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe preſent Prior produced promiſe publiſhed Queen reaſon received regard retired returned ſaid ſame Savage ſays ſeems ſent ſhe ſhould ſome ſometimes ſtill ſuch ſuffered ſupport ſuppoſed Swift theſe thing thoſe thought tion told took treated uſe verſes virtue whoſe write written wrote
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עמוד 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
עמוד 442 - But if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drank with me.
עמוד 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; 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...
עמוד 442 - Ay, any one that did not know so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose.
עמוד 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
עמוד 223 - During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance he was without lodging, and often without meat; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him; there he used to walk and form his speeches, and afterwards step into a shop, beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink, and write down what he had composed upon paper which he had picked up by accident.
עמוד 131 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. — When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
עמוד 176 - I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to...
עמוד 175 - Button's coffee-house, where I used to see him almost every day — On his meeting me there one day in particular, he took me aside, and said he should be glad to dine with me, at such a tavern, if I staid till those people were gone (Budgell and Philips).
עמוד 450 - They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs...