The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works, כרך 2Johnson & Warner, 1819 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 86
עמוד 8
... writing to turn to his share in the work , as by far the most relishing part of the entertainment . As his parts ... writer as he was in his most elaborate pieces , he read the works of others with candour , and reserved his greatest ...
... writing to turn to his share in the work , as by far the most relishing part of the entertainment . As his parts ... writer as he was in his most elaborate pieces , he read the works of others with candour , and reserved his greatest ...
עמוד 12
... write a history which it was their interest to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I shall not mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is and I speak it ...
... write a history which it was their interest to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I shall not mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is and I speak it ...
עמוד 14
... Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written , moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would seri- ously consider what Demosthenes , Homer , Virgil , or Horace , if alive , would say ...
... Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written , moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would seri- ously consider what Demosthenes , Homer , Virgil , or Horace , if alive , would say ...
עמוד 22
... writing the dedication , till Lintot , after fruitless importunity , gave notice that he would publish the play without it , Now , therefore , it was written ; and Halifax expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward ...
... writing the dedication , till Lintot , after fruitless importunity , gave notice that he would publish the play without it , Now , therefore , it was written ; and Halifax expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward ...
עמוד 37
... writing free of our nation , " and being " so little equal and proportioned to the renown of a prince on whom they were written ; such great actions and lives deserving to be the subject of the noblest pens and most divine fan- cies ...
... writing free of our nation , " and being " so little equal and proportioned to the renown of a prince on whom they were written ; such great actions and lives deserving to be the subject of the noblest pens and most divine fan- cies ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared Beggar's Opera Cato censure character Congreve considered contempt court criticism death declared delight diligence Dryden duke earl elegance endeavoured excellence favour Fenton fortune friends genius honour imagined imitation Juba justly kind king William lady letter likewise lines lived lord Halifax lord Landsdown lord Tyrconnel mankind Matthew Prior ment mentioned merit mind nature neglect never observed obtained occasion once opinion panegyric passion performance perhaps Phedra Pindaric play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise present Prior published queen racter reason received regard remarkable reputation Savage Savage's says seems seldom Sempronius sent shew Siege of Damascus sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes Spectator Spence Steele sufficient supposed Syphax Tatler Theophilus Cibber thought Tickell tion told tragedy Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 27 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find.
עמוד 176 - The cause of Congreve was not tenable : whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated.
עמוד 324 - Wanderer, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations, the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.
עמוד 86 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
עמוד 171 - I had little thoughts of the stage; but did it, to amuse myself in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness. Afterwards, through my indiscretion, it was seen, and in some little time more it was acted; and I, through the remainder of my indiscretion, suffered myself to be drawn into the prosecution of a difficult and thankless study, and to be involved in a perpetual war with knaves and fools.
עמוד 27 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only yet a boy; yet he never received my notions with contempt.
עמוד 105 - ... truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, "above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
עמוד 267 - During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance, he was without lodging, and often without meat; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him: there he used to walk and form his speeches, and, afterwards, step into a shop, beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink, and write down what he had composed, upon paper which he had picked up by accident.
עמוד 180 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my .trembling heart.
עמוד 107 - To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why must she be bridled? because she longs to launch; an act which was never hindered by a bridle: and whither will she launch ? into a nobler strain. She is in the first line a horse, in the second a boat; and the care of the poet is to keep his horse or his boat from singing. The next composition is the far-famed Campaign, which Dr. Warton has termed a Gazette in Rhyme, with harshness not often used by the good-nature of his criticism.