The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Ticknell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. BroomeC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 46
עמוד 6
... king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bedchamber ; and he is fuppofed to have paffed fome of the next years in the cultivation of literature and poetry . The The death of queen Mary ( in 1695 ) pro- 6 PRIO R.
... king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bedchamber ; and he is fuppofed to have paffed fome of the next years in the cultivation of literature and poetry . The The death of queen Mary ( in 1695 ) pro- 6 PRIO R.
עמוד 7
... king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was fecretary to another embaffy at the treaty of Ryfwick ( in 1697 ) ; and next year had the fame office at the court of France , where he is faid to have been ...
... king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was fecretary to another embaffy at the treaty of Ryfwick ( in 1697 ) ; and next year had the fame office at the court of France , where he is faid to have been ...
עמוד 8
... king ; from whom , after a long audience , he carried orders to England , and upon his arrival became under - fecretary of state in the earl of Jerfey's office ; a poft which he did not retain long , because Jersey was removed ; but he ...
... king ; from whom , after a long audience , he carried orders to England , and upon his arrival became under - fecretary of state in the earl of Jerfey's office ; a poft which he did not retain long , because Jersey was removed ; but he ...
עמוד 9
... king William he fol- lowed his inclination . To Prior gratitude would dictate praife , which reafon would not refufe , Among the advantages to arise from the future years of William's reign , he mentions Societies for ufeful Arts , and ...
... king William he fol- lowed his inclination . To Prior gratitude would dictate praife , which reafon would not refufe , Among the advantages to arise from the future years of William's reign , he mentions Societies for ufeful Arts , and ...
עמוד 10
... king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himself been ministerially employed . A great part of queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little em → ployment for negotiators , and ✩ Prior had therefore ...
... king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himself been ministerially employed . A great part of queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little em → ployment for negotiators , and ✩ Prior had therefore ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Addiſon afferted affiftance afterwards againſt amuſements anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt cenfure confidered converfation death deferve defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcover Dunciad eaſily endeavoured faid fame fatire favour fays fecure feems feldom fent fentiments fhew fhould firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport fure himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe intereft Ireland kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel ment mifery moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity nefs never obferved occafion Orrery paffed paffion perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe preſent profe promiſe propofed publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen racter raiſed reaſon refentment refolution refuſed Savage ſay ſcheme ſeems ſeveral ſhe ſome ſtate ſtill ſuppoſed Swift tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion Tyrconnel uſed utmoſt verfes verſes vifit virtue Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
עמוד 63 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
עמוד 257 - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your Brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your Mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw : Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
עמוד 378 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
עמוד 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
עמוד 132 - 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...
עמוד 128 - Captives, which he was invited to read before the Princess of Wales. When the hour came, he saw the Princess and her ladies all in expectation, and, advancing with reverence too great for any other attention, stumbled at a stool, and, falling forwards, threw down a weighty Japan screen. The Princess started, the ladies screamed, and poor Gay, after...
עמוד 442 - How came you to leave all the great Lords, that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor Dean ? ' — Because we would rather see you than any of them.
עמוד 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
עמוד 132 - 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.