The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works, Količina 31865 |
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... believe that Addison gave no en- couragement to this disingenuous hostility ; for , says Pope , in a letter to him , " indeed your opinion , that ' tis entirely to be neglected , would have been my own had it been my own case ; but I ...
... believe that Addison gave no en- couragement to this disingenuous hostility ; for , says Pope , in a letter to him , " indeed your opinion , that ' tis entirely to be neglected , would have been my own had it been my own case ; but I ...
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... believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with ...
... believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with ...
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... believe to have been ever asked before . His proposal , how- ever , was very favourably received , and the patrons of literature were busy to recommend his undertaking and promote his interest . Lord Oxford , indeed , la- mented that ...
... believe to have been ever asked before . His proposal , how- ever , was very favourably received , and the patrons of literature were busy to recommend his undertaking and promote his interest . Lord Oxford , indeed , la- mented that ...
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... believe , that which , by telling in the text the names , and in the notes the characters of those whom he had satirised , was made intelligible and diverting . The critics had now declared their approbation of the plan , and the common ...
... believe , that which , by telling in the text the names , and in the notes the characters of those whom he had satirised , was made intelligible and diverting . The critics had now declared their approbation of the plan , and the common ...
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... believe in his own favour . " Pope had been flattered till he thought him- self one of the moving powers in the system of life . When he talked of laying down his pen , those who sat round him intreated and implored , and self - love ...
... believe in his own favour . " Pope had been flattered till he thought him- self one of the moving powers in the system of life . When he talked of laying down his pen , those who sat round him intreated and implored , and self - love ...
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Stran 96 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform ; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition.
Stran 105 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Stran 306 - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
Stran 19 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Stran 138 - Unblaru'd through life, lamented in thy end, These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the Worthy and the Good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY...
Stran 121 - Between Roman images and English manners, there will be an irreconcileable dissimilitude, and the work will be generally uncouth and partycoloured ; neither original nor translated, neither ancient nor modern.* Pope had, in proportions very nicely adjusted to each other, all the qualities that constitute genius.
Stran 137 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Stran 132 - Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes.
Stran 348 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, aud that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy ; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting,...
Stran 16 - Thetis' son he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war. Then bids an empty phantom rise to sight, And thus commands the vision of the night : • . directs Fly hence, delusive dream, and, light as air, To Agamemnon's royal tent repair ; Bid him in arms draw forth th' embattled train, March all his legions to the dusty plain.