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 11
עמוד 34
... present moment . What Horace faid when he imitated Luci- lius , might be faid of Butler by Prior , his numbers were not smooth or neat : Prior ex- celled him in verfification , but he was , like Horace , inventore minor ; he had not ...
... present moment . What Horace faid when he imitated Luci- lius , might be faid of Butler by Prior , his numbers were not smooth or neat : Prior ex- celled him in verfification , but he was , like Horace , inventore minor ; he had not ...
עמוד 78
... present of a gold chain and a medal . year The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but king Wil- liam was not very ftudious of poetry , and Blackmore perhaps had other merit : for he fays in his Dedication ...
... present of a gold chain and a medal . year The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but king Wil- liam was not very ftudious of poetry , and Blackmore perhaps had other merit : for he fays in his Dedication ...
עמוד 81
... present occafion . Jacob fays , it is corrected , and revised for another impreffion ; but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned fome of his thoughts to the celebration of living charac- ters ; and wrote a ...
... present occafion . Jacob fays , it is corrected , and revised for another impreffion ; but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned fome of his thoughts to the celebration of living charac- ters ; and wrote a ...
עמוד 222
... present age , to ad- mit properly the fictions neceffary to com- plete the plan for the mind , which naturally loves truth , is always moft offended with the violation of thofe truths of which we are moft certain ; and we of course ...
... present age , to ad- mit properly the fictions neceffary to com- plete the plan for the mind , which naturally loves truth , is always moft offended with the violation of thofe truths of which we are moft certain ; and we of course ...
עמוד 291
... present one of his annual po- “ ems to her Majefty , had the honour of kiffing her hand , and met with the most gracious reception . Yours , & c . " << 6C Such was the performance , and fuch its reception ; a reception which , though by ...
... present one of his annual po- “ ems to her Majefty , had the honour of kiffing her hand , and met with the most gracious reception . Yours , & c . " << 6C Such was the performance , and fuch its reception ; a reception which , though by ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Addiſon afferted affiftance afterwards againſt amuſements anſwer appeared becauſe beſt cenfure character confidered converfation death deferves defign defire diſappointed diſcovered Dunciad earl eaſily endeavoured Engliſh faid fame fatire favour fays feems feldom fent fhew fhort firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupported fure himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe intereft kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel ment moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion Orrery paffed paffion perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe profe promiſe propoſed publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen racter raiſed reaſon received refentment refolution refuſed Savage Savage's ſeems ſhe ſhould ſome ſpent ſtage ſtate ſuch ſuppoſed Swift tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion Tyrconnel ufual uſe utmoſt verfes verſes vifit virtue Whigs whofe 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.