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 123
... but the Pastorals are introduced by a Proeme , written with such imitațion as
they could attain of obsolete language , and by consequence in a style that was
never spoken nor written in any age or in any place . But the effect of reality and ...
... but the Pastorals are introduced by a Proeme , written with such imitațion as
they could attain of obsolete language , and by consequence in a style that was
never spoken nor written in any age or in any place . But the effect of reality and ...
עמוד 130
This play , written in ridicule of the musical Italian Dráma , was first offered to
Cibber and his brethren at Drury - Lane , and rejected ; it being then carried to
Rich , had the effect , as was ludicrously said , of making Gay rich , and Rich gay .
This play , written in ridicule of the musical Italian Dráma , was first offered to
Cibber and his brethren at Drury - Lane , and rejected ; it being then carried to
Rich , had the effect , as was ludicrously said , of making Gay rich , and Rich gay .
עמוד 228
house ; and Mr. Savage going thither a few days afterwards , without expectation
of any effect from his proposal , found to his surprise seventy guineas * , which
had been sent him in consequence of the compassion excited by Mr. Hill's ...
house ; and Mr. Savage going thither a few days afterwards , without expectation
of any effect from his proposal , found to his surprise seventy guineas * , which
had been sent him in consequence of the compassion excited by Mr. Hill's ...
עמוד 290
... that , notwithstanding this act of ceremony was wanting , in a few days after
publication , “ Mr. Savage received Bank - bill of fifty pounds , and a gracious
message “ from her Majesty , by the Lord North and 6 Guilford , to this effect ; “
That her ...
... that , notwithstanding this act of ceremony was wanting , in a few days after
publication , “ Mr. Savage received Bank - bill of fifty pounds , and a gracious
message “ from her Majesty , by the Lord North and 6 Guilford , to this effect ; “
That her ...
עמוד 351
not afterwards procure a sum sufficient to defray the expences of his journey ; nor
perhaps would a fresh supply have had any other effect , than , by putting
immediate pleasures in his power , to have driven the thoughts of his journey out
of his ...
not afterwards procure a sum sufficient to defray the expences of his journey ; nor
perhaps would a fresh supply have had any other effect , than , by putting
immediate pleasures in his power , to have driven the thoughts of his journey out
of his ...
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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...