The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Količina 3J. Nichols and son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1806 |
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... opinion , balanced by the anonymous proteftation prefixed , in which all knowledge of the French book is peremptorily disowned * . * See Sheridan's Life , edit . 1784 , p . 525 , where are fome re- marks on this paffage . R. For For ...
... opinion , balanced by the anonymous proteftation prefixed , in which all knowledge of the French book is peremptorily disowned * . * See Sheridan's Life , edit . 1784 , p . 525 , where are fome re- marks on this paffage . R. For For ...
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... opinion , that all was loft . This de- nunciation was contradicted by Oxford ; but Boling- broke whispered that he was right . Before this violent diffenfion had shattered the Mi- niftry , Swift had publifhed , in the beginning of the ...
... opinion , that all was loft . This de- nunciation was contradicted by Oxford ; but Boling- broke whispered that he was right . Before this violent diffenfion had shattered the Mi- niftry , Swift had publifhed , in the beginning of the ...
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... a Lady on her " Marriage , " may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for , if his general thoughts on women were were fuch as he exhibits , a very little fenfe 30 SWIFT .
... a Lady on her " Marriage , " may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for , if his general thoughts on women were were fuch as he exhibits , a very little fenfe 30 SWIFT .
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... opinion , made proper ; and nothing fell from his pen in vain . In a fhort poem on the Prefbyterians , whom he always regarded with deteftation , he beftowed one ftricture upon Bettefworth , a lawyer eminent for his infolence to the ...
... opinion , made proper ; and nothing fell from his pen in vain . In a fhort poem on the Prefbyterians , whom he always regarded with deteftation , he beftowed one ftricture upon Bettefworth , a lawyer eminent for his infolence to the ...
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... opinions of the English nation . In the fucceeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppreffion ; and fhewed that wit , confederated with truth , had such force as authority was unable to refift . He faid truly of himself ...
... opinions of the English nation . In the fucceeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppreffion ; and fhewed that wit , confederated with truth , had such force as authority was unable to refift . He faid truly of himself ...
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Addiſon addreffed affiftance afterwards againſt almoft anfwer appears becauſe Bolingbroke cenfure character compofition confidered converfation criticiſm criticks curiofity defign defire diction difcovered diſcover Dryden Dunciad eafily Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely himſelf honour houſe Iliad intereft kindneſs laft laſt lefs Letter lived loft Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lyttelton mafter mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never Night Thoughts numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perfuaded perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon ſeems ſuch ſuppoſed Swift thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe tion told tranflation univerfal uſed verfe verfion verſes vifit whofe write written Young
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Stran 321 - words, that Young's unbounded genius appeared to greater advantage in the companion than even in the author; that the Chriftian was in him a character ftill more infpired, more enraptured, more fublime, than the poet; and that, in his ordinary converfation, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the fky.
Stran 84 - the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure fhed, And tip with filver every mountain's head ; Then ihine the vales, the rocks in profpeft rife, A flood of glory burfts from all the
Stran 188 - that has once been afked, Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwife than by afking in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found ? To circumfcribe poetry by a definition will only fhew the narrownefs of the definer, though a definition which
Stran 160 - circumference of fcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpeculation ; and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the
Stran 84 - The confcious fwains, rejoicing in the fight, Eye the blue vault, and blefs the ufeful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long reflection of the diftant fires . Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the fpires. A thoufand piles the dufky horrors gild, And
Stran 227 - of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of
Stran 103 - almoft all the letters of the alphabet (the '' greateft part of them at random :) but fuch was " the number of poets eminent in that art, that " fome one or other took every letter to himfelf: *' all fell into fo violent a fury, that, for half a year " or more, the common newfpapers (in moft of "which
Stran 274 - charmer to vie j How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural ftrain of Hope: Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes, When I
Stran 79 - from what offended Power ? Latona's fon a dire contagion fpread, And heap'd the camp with mountains of the dead ; The King of men his reverend prieft defy'd, And for the King's offence the people dy'd. Declare, O Goddefs, what offended Power Enflam'd their rage, in that ill-omen d hour ; anger fatal,
Stran 120 - ought never to have another anfwer, " and deferved not fo good an one. I can only fay, " you do him too much honour, and me too much " right, fo odd as the expreffion feems; for you '' have made my fyftem as clear as I ought to have '' done, and could not. It is indeed the fame