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 130
Gay was inclined to try at such a thing " for some time ; but afterwards thought it
would be better to write a comedy on the “ fame plan . This was what gave rise to
" the Beggar's Opera . He began on it ; “ and when first he mentioned it to Swift ...
Gay was inclined to try at such a thing " for some time ; but afterwards thought it
would be better to write a comedy on the “ fame plan . This was what gave rise to
" the Beggar's Opera . He began on it ; “ and when first he mentioned it to Swift ...
עמוד 134
The * duke , çonsidering his want of economy , undertook the management of his
money , and gave it to him as he wảnted it , But it is supposed that the
discountenance of the Court funk deep into his heart , and gave him more
discontent than ...
The * duke , çonsidering his want of economy , undertook the management of his
money , and gave it to him as he wảnted it , But it is supposed that the
discountenance of the Court funk deep into his heart , and gave him more
discontent than ...
עמוד 220
The same disposition the endeavoured to diffuse among all those over whom
nature or fortune gave her any influence , and indeed succeeded too well in her
design ; but could not always propagate her effrontery with her cruelty , for some
of ...
The same disposition the endeavoured to diffuse among all those over whom
nature or fortune gave her any influence , and indeed succeeded too well in her
design ; but could not always propagate her effrontery with her cruelty , for some
of ...
עמוד 335
At this time he gave another instance of the insurmountable obstinacy of his spirit
: his clothes were worn out ; and he received notice , that at a coffee - house
some clothes and linen were left for him : the person who sent them did not , I ...
At this time he gave another instance of the insurmountable obstinacy of his spirit
: his clothes were worn out ; and he received notice , that at a coffee - house
some clothes and linen were left for him : the person who sent them did not , I ...
עמוד 421
But when distinctions came to be made , the part which gave sure was that which
describes the Flying Island , and that which gave most disgust must be the history
of the Houghnhnms . least plea$ While Swift was enjoying the reputation of his ...
But when distinctions came to be made , the part which gave sure was that which
describes the Flying Island , and that which gave most disgust must be the history
of the Houghnhnms . least plea$ While Swift was enjoying the reputation of his ...
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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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