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 79
... discovery of the author , or that the " infamous book was ever condemned to be " burnt in publick : whether this proceeds " from the exceffive esteem and love that men " in power , during the late reign , had for wit , " or their defect ...
... discovery of the author , or that the " infamous book was ever condemned to be " burnt in publick : whether this proceeds " from the exceffive esteem and love that men " in power , during the late reign , had for wit , " or their defect ...
עמוד 174
... discovery determined him to quit his oc- cupation . About this time his nurfe , who had always treated him as her own fon , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by her death were , as he imagined ...
... discovery determined him to quit his oc- cupation . About this time his nurfe , who had always treated him as her own fon , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by her death were , as he imagined ...
עמוד 175
... discovery of his real mother , that it was his frequent practice to walk in the dark evenings for several hours before her door , in hopes of feeing her as the might come by accident to the window , or cross her apartment with a candle ...
... discovery of his real mother , that it was his frequent practice to walk in the dark evenings for several hours before her door , in hopes of feeing her as the might come by accident to the window , or cross her apartment with a candle ...
עמוד 181
... discovered , his imagination might fometimes incite him to mention too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is fufficient to difcover that fuch weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not fometimes , in the ...
... discovered , his imagination might fometimes incite him to mention too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is fufficient to difcover that fuch weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not fometimes , in the ...
עמוד 204
... discovered his birth , had an inceffant defire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in publick , and refused him admiffion into her house . One evening walking , as it was his cuftom , in the ftreet that the inha- bited , he ...
... discovered his birth , had an inceffant defire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in publick , and refused him admiffion into her house . One evening walking , as it was his cuftom , in the ftreet that the inha- bited , he ...
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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
קטעים בולטים
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...