The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Ticknell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. BroomeC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 עמודים |
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עמוד 176
I then added , that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad ,
because “ he had looked over Mr. Tickell's ; but « could wish to have the benefit
of his ob« fervations on my second , which I had " then finished , and which Mr.
I then added , that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad ,
because “ he had looked over Mr. Tickell's ; but « could wish to have the benefit
of his ob« fervations on my second , which I had " then finished , and which Mr.
עמוד 264
He happened at that time to be engaged in the pursuit of some trifling gratification
, and , being without money for the present occasion , sold his poem to the first
bidder , and perhaps for the first price that was proposed , and would probably ...
He happened at that time to be engaged in the pursuit of some trifling gratification
, and , being without money for the present occasion , sold his poem to the first
bidder , and perhaps for the first price that was proposed , and would probably ...
עמוד 282
... than she heard it repeated in all places of concourse , nor could she enter the
assembly - rooms , or cross the walks , without being faluted with some lines from
The Bastard , This was perhaps the first time that ever fhe discovered a sense of ...
... than she heard it repeated in all places of concourse , nor could she enter the
assembly - rooms , or cross the walks , without being faluted with some lines from
The Bastard , This was perhaps the first time that ever fhe discovered a sense of ...
עמוד 391
Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with early pregnancy :
his first work , except his few poetical Essays , was the Dissentions in Athens and
Rome , published ( 1701 ) in his thirty - fourth year . After its appearance , paying
...
Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with early pregnancy :
his first work , except his few poetical Essays , was the Dissentions in Athens and
Rome , published ( 1701 ) in his thirty - fourth year . After its appearance , paying
...
עמוד 410
... as in a state of exile . It seems that his first recourse was to piety . The thoughts
of death rushed upon him , at this time , with such inceffant importunity , that they
took possession of 1 of his mind when he first waked for many years 410 SW I FT
.
... as in a state of exile . It seems that his first recourse was to piety . The thoughts
of death rushed upon him , at this time , with such inceffant importunity , that they
took possession of 1 of his mind when he first waked for many years 410 SW I FT
.
מה אומרים אנשים - כתיבת ביקורת
לא מצאנו ביקורות במקומות הרגילים
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
able advantage 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 formed fortune friends gave genius give given hand himſelf honour hope houſe imagined kind King known laſt leaſt leſs letter lines lived Lord Love 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 remarkable returned ſaid ſame Savage ſays ſeems ſent ſhe ſhould ſome ſometimes ſtill ſuch ſuffered ſufficient ſupport ſuppoſed Swift theſe thing thoſe thought tion told took treated uſe verſes virtue whole whoſe write written wrote
קטעים בולטים
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 133 - The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and housebreakers seldom frequent the playhouse, or mingle in any elegant diversion; nor is it possible for any one to imagine that he may rob with safety, because he sees Macheath reprieved upon the stage.
עמוד 197 - 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 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 394 - Who would ever have suspected Asgil for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials? what other subject, through all art or nature, could have produced Tindal for a profound author, or furnished him with readers? it is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer. For had a hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion, they would have immediately sunk into silence...
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 139 - A Pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers, and purling rivulets, through five acts? Such scenes please Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned.
עמוד 132 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written; books of letters and...
עמוד 434 - Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of any thing else which he has written.
עמוד 54 - He was formed for a controvertist ; with sufficient learning.; .with diction vehement and pointed, though often vulgar and incorrect; with unconquerable pertinacity.; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and. with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just confidence in his cause.
מידע ביבליוגרפי
| כותרת | The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Ticknell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome כרך 3 מתוך The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Samuel Johnson |
| מאת | Samuel Johnson |
| הוצאה | C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 |
| מקור מאת | אוניברסיטת אוקספורד |
| דיגיטלי | 4 אוקטובר 2007 |
| אורך | 503 עמודים |
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