Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, כרך 58J. Nichols, 1781 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 12
עמוד 1
... friendship . I cannot therefore be ex- pected to say much of a life , concerning which I had long fince communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dig- nifying his narration with fo much ele- gance of language and force of fenti- ment ...
... friendship . I cannot therefore be ex- pected to say much of a life , concerning which I had long fince communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dig- nifying his narration with fo much ele- gance of language and force of fenti- ment ...
עמוד 5
... Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom Jonathan had been to that time main- tained . A 3 Temple Temple received with fufficient kind- nefs the nephew of his SWIFT . 5.
... Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom Jonathan had been to that time main- tained . A 3 Temple Temple received with fufficient kind- nefs the nephew of his SWIFT . 5.
עמוד 36
... preserved in his converfation with the Minifters , of the franknefs of his remonfirances , and the familiarity of his friendship . In accounts of this kind a few fingle in- cidents In 36 SWIFT . to have others believe, what he probably ...
... preserved in his converfation with the Minifters , of the franknefs of his remonfirances , and the familiarity of his friendship . In accounts of this kind a few fingle in- cidents In 36 SWIFT . to have others believe, what he probably ...
עמוד 68
... to appropriate her by a private marriage , to which he had an- nexed the expectation of all the plea- Lures of perfect friendship , without the uneafi .1 uneafinefs of conjugal restraint . But with this ftate poor 68 SWIFT .
... to appropriate her by a private marriage , to which he had an- nexed the expectation of all the plea- Lures of perfect friendship , without the uneafi .1 uneafinefs of conjugal restraint . But with this ftate poor 68 SWIFT .
עמוד 103
... friendships ; but when time had enabled reafon to prevail over vexation , the complaints , which at first were natural , became ri- diculous because they were useless . But querulousness was now grown habitual , and he cried out when he ...
... friendships ; but when time had enabled reafon to prevail over vexation , the complaints , which at first were natural , became ri- diculous because they were useless . But querulousness was now grown habitual , and he cried out when he ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
affiftance afterwards againſt becauſe Beggar's Opera biſhop Broome cenfure confidered converfation deanery death defire Delany diction diftinguiſhed dili diſcovered Dublin Dunciad eafily eaſy Engliſh eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems feldom fent Fenton fervant ferved feven fhew fhould fince firft firſt folicitations fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficiently funk fuppofed fure himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred pounds Iliad increaſed intereft Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT kindneſs laft laſt lefs Letters Lord Orrery mafter meaſure Minifters moſt muſt neceffary never obfervation occafion Orrery paffed paffion Paftorals PARNELL perfuaded Philips pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purchaſed purpoſe Queen raiſe reader reafon refolution rienced ſeems Spence Spenfer ſtudy Swift Tatler tences tenderneſs Theocritus thofe thoſe thought tion told tranflation univerfal uſed verfes vifit Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 30 - 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 21 - But his devotional poetry is, like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition, and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.
עמוד 21 - What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of, from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves upon any other subject. We are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would we take away the greatest, perhaps the only topic we have left?
עמוד 19 - 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 verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
עמוד 7 - Here he dwelt in a family, which, for piety, order, harmony, and every virtue, was a house of God. Here he had the privilege of a country recess, the fragrant bower, the spreading lawn, the flowery garden, and other advantages to...
עמוד 18 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
עמוד 14 - Every man, acquainted with the common principles of human action, will look with veneration on the writer, who is at one time -combating Locke, and at another making a catechism for children in their fourth year. A voluntary descent from the dignity of science is perhaps the hardest lesson that humility can teach.
עמוד 101 - ... enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul. But a great mind disdains to hold any thing by courtesy, and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away.
עמוד 97 - But if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drank with me.