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 209
But all his assiduity and tenderness were without effect , for he could neither
soften her heart , nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of
want , while he was endeavouring to awaken the affection of a mother : He was ...
But all his assiduity and tenderness were without effect , for he could neither
soften her heart , nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of
want , while he was endeavouring to awaken the affection of a mother : He was ...
עמוד 291
After this , he was " permitted to present one of his annual poems to her Majesty ,
had the honour of “ kifling her hand , and met with the most “ gracious reception .
Yours , & c . " . Such was the performance , and fuch its reception ; a reception ...
After this , he was " permitted to present one of his annual poems to her Majesty ,
had the honour of “ kifling her hand , and met with the most “ gracious reception .
Yours , & c . " . Such was the performance , and fuch its reception ; a reception ...
עמוד 300
No , arm'd with rhyme , at priests I'll take my aim , “ Though prudence bids me
murder but their fame . ” WEEKLY MISCELLANY . An answer was published in
The Gentleman's Magazine , written by an unknown hand , from which the
following ...
No , arm'd with rhyme , at priests I'll take my aim , “ Though prudence bids me
murder but their fame . ” WEEKLY MISCELLANY . An answer was published in
The Gentleman's Magazine , written by an unknown hand , from which the
following ...
עמוד 394
Who would ever have suspected Afgill for a wit , or Toland for a philosopher , if
the “ inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not “ been at hand to provide them
with mate“ šials ? What other subject , through all art or nature , could have
produced ...
Who would ever have suspected Afgill for a wit , or Toland for a philosopher , if
the “ inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not “ been at hand to provide them
with mate“ šials ? What other subject , through all art or nature , could have
produced ...
עמוד 416
The cook or keeper of an alehouse could not refuse to supply a man that had
silver in his hand , and the buyer would not leave his money without change . The
project was therefore plausible . The scarcity , which was already great , Wood ...
The cook or keeper of an alehouse could not refuse to supply a man that had
silver in his hand , and the buyer would not leave his money without change . The
project was therefore plausible . The scarcity , which was already great , Wood ...
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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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