The Lives of the English Poets, כרך 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 4
... poet and a courtier , was too diligent to miss this opportunity of respect . He wrote a long ode , which was presented to the King , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another em- bassy , at the ...
... poet and a courtier , was too diligent to miss this opportunity of respect . He wrote a long ode , which was presented to the King , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another em- bassy , at the ...
עמוד 5
Samuel Johnson. much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William sup- plied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the ...
Samuel Johnson. much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William sup- plied copious materials for either verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the ...
עמוד 6
... poet was heard amidst the general acclamation ; the fame of our counsellors and heroes was in- trusted to the Gazetteer . The nation in time grew weary of the war , and the Queen grew weary of her ministers . The war was burdensome ...
... poet was heard amidst the general acclamation ; the fame of our counsellors and heroes was in- trusted to the Gazetteer . The nation in time grew weary of the war , and the Queen grew weary of her ministers . The war was burdensome ...
עמוד 15
... : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing to descend from the dignity of the poet and statesman to the PRIOR . 15.
... : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing to descend from the dignity of the poet and statesman to the PRIOR . 15.
עמוד 16
Samuel Johnson. from the dignity of the poet and statesman to the low delights of mean company . His Chloe proba- bly was sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his ...
Samuel Johnson. from the dignity of the poet and statesman to the low delights of mean company . His Chloe proba- bly was sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his ...
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Aaron Hill acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt conversation criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence faults favour Fenton fore fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Ireland kind King known labour Lady learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke mentioned mind nature neral never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racter reader reason received remarkable reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems sent shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler thing Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young