The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. BroomeT. Longman, 1794 |
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עמוד 42
... that they had almost rejected it ; but they were afterwards fo well perfuaded of its ex- cellence , that , for half a year before it was acted , the the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house 42 CONGRE VE .
... that they had almost rejected it ; but they were afterwards fo well perfuaded of its ex- cellence , that , for half a year before it was acted , the the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house 42 CONGRE VE .
עמוד 43
Samuel Johnson. the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who immediately made him one of the commiffioners for ...
Samuel Johnson. the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who immediately made him one of the commiffioners for ...
עמוד 89
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically : and finds the art of uniting ornament with ftrength , and ease with clofeness . This is a fkill which Pope might have condefcended ...
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically : and finds the art of uniting ornament with ftrength , and ease with clofeness . This is a fkill which Pope might have condefcended ...
עמוד 120
... allowed to the author of a new fpecies of compofition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; a mode of comedy which at firft was fuppofed to delight only by its novelty , but has now by the ex ...
... allowed to the author of a new fpecies of compofition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; a mode of comedy which at firft was fuppofed to delight only by its novelty , but has now by the ex ...
עמוד 121
... told with live- linefs ; the verfification is fmooth ; and the diction , though now - and - then a little con- ftrained by the measure or the rhyme , is ge- nerally happy . Τα To Trivia may be allowed all that it claims ; GAY . ' 121.
... told with live- linefs ; the verfification is fmooth ; and the diction , though now - and - then a little con- ftrained by the measure or the rhyme , is ge- nerally happy . Τα To Trivia may be allowed all that it claims ; GAY . ' 121.
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accufation Addiſon afferted affiftance afterwards againſt amuſements anſwer appeared becauſe cenfure character confequence confidered converfation death deferves defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcover Dunciad eaſily elegance endeavoured Engliſh faid fame fatire favour fays fecure feems feldom fent fentiments Fenton fhew fhort fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupported genius himſelf honour houfe houſe Iliad intereft kindneſs King laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel ment moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion Orrery paffed paffion perfon perhaps pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope praiſe profe promiſe propofals publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſed reaſon received refentment refolution refuſed Savage ſcheme ſeems ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpent ſtate ſtudy ſuppoſed Swift tenderneſs themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion Tyrconnel ufual uſed utmoſt verfes verſes virtue Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote
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עמוד 206 - Thus had Savage perished by the evidence of a bawd, a strumpet, and his mother, had not justice and compassion procured him an advocate of rank too great to be rejected unheard, and of virtue too eminent to be heard without being believed.
עמוד 178 - Corner, where they stopped at a petty tavern, and retired to a private room. Sir Richard then informed him, that he intended to publish a pamphlet, and that he had desired him to come thither that he might write for him.
עמוד 104 - First Book of Oppian. He had begun a tragedy of Dion, but made small progress in it. As to his other affairs, he died poor, but honest, leaving no debts or legacies ; except of a few pounds to Mr.
עמוד 348 - 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.
עמוד 116 - 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 verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests.
עמוד 117 - Opera the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. 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,...
עמוד 55 - Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle : We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful .' How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made...
עמוד 335 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
עמוד 161 - ... my very soul to think on. For a man of high spirit, conscious of having (at least in one production) generally pleased the world, to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense ; to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body, in order to get rid of the pains of the mind, is a misery.
עמוד 354 - Oxford ; written without much knowledge of the general nature of language, and without any accurate inquiry into the history of other tongues. The certainty and stability which, contrary to all experience, he thinks attainable, he proposes to secure by instituting an academy ; the decrees of which every man would have been willing, and many would have been proud to disobey, and which, being renewed by successive elections, would, in a short time, have differed from itself. Swift now attained the...