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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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 24
עמוד 4
... equal , was formed the grand alliance againft Lewis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid ini- tiation into publick business , was so ...
... equal , was formed the grand alliance againft Lewis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid ini- tiation into publick business , was so ...
עמוד 18
... equal fum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and philofophers have often wifhed , the power of paffing the day in contemplative tranquillity ...
... equal fum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and philofophers have often wifhed , the power of paffing the day in contemplative tranquillity ...
עמוד 44
... equal kindnefs . He writes to his patron the lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de guftibus non eft ...
... equal kindnefs . He writes to his patron the lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de guftibus non eft ...
עמוד 66
... equal " to Boileau in poetry , and fuperior to him in " critical abilities . ' " " He feems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by cenfure , and , instead of flackening , quickened his career . Having in two years ...
... equal " to Boileau in poetry , and fuperior to him in " critical abilities . ' " " He feems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by cenfure , and , instead of flackening , quickened his career . Having in two years ...
עמוד 80
... equal diverfity in the dispositions and man- 66 ners of mankind ; whence it comes to pass , " that as many monftrous and abfurd pro- " ductions are found in the moral as in the " intellectual world . How furprising is it to " obferve ...
... equal diverfity in the dispositions and man- 66 ners of mankind ; whence it comes to pass , " that as many monftrous and abfurd pro- " ductions are found in the moral as in the " intellectual world . How furprising is it to " obferve ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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...