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 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 5
עמוד 192
I can now excuse all his “ foibles ; impute them to age , and to dis" trefs of
circumstances : the last of these 6 considerations wrings my very soul to For a
man of high spirit , con“ scious of having ( at least in one production ) generally
pleased ...
I can now excuse all his “ foibles ; impute them to age , and to dis" trefs of
circumstances : the last of these 6 considerations wrings my very soul to For a
man of high spirit , con“ scious of having ( at least in one production ) generally
pleased ...
עמוד 216
But Mr. Wilks thought his performance , though not perfect , at least worthy of
some reward , and therefore offered him a benefit . This favour he improved with
so much diligence , that the houfe afforded him a considerable sum , with which
he ...
But Mr. Wilks thought his performance , though not perfect , at least worthy of
some reward , and therefore offered him a benefit . This favour he improved with
so much diligence , that the houfe afforded him a considerable sum , with which
he ...
עמוד 262
This must be at least acknowledged , which ought to be thought equivalent to
many other excellencies , that this poem can promote ng other purposes than
those of virtue , and that it is written with a very strong sense of the efficacy of
religion .
This must be at least acknowledged , which ought to be thought equivalent to
many other excellencies , that this poem can promote ng other purposes than
those of virtue , and that it is written with a very strong sense of the efficacy of
religion .
עמוד 287
This at least must be allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of
the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never contributed
deliberately to spread corruption amongst mankind . His actions , which were ...
This at least must be allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of
the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never contributed
deliberately to spread corruption amongst mankind . His actions , which were ...
עמוד 348
... have been pitied than resented ; at least , the resentment it might provoke
ought to have been generous and manly ; epithets which his conduct will hardly
deserve that starves the man whom he has persuaded to put himself into his
power .
... have been pitied than resented ; at least , the resentment it might provoke
ought to have been generous and manly ; epithets which his conduct will hardly
deserve that starves the man whom he has persuaded to put himself into his
power .
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 |
| ייצא ציטוט ביביליוגרפי | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |