The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Količina 3Methuen, 1896 |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 33
Stran 14
... means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace , he is to be understood of the time when , after the Queen's death , he became a settled resident ...
... means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace , he is to be understood of the time when , after the Queen's death , he became a settled resident ...
Stran 15
... means to correspond with the notions that I had formed of it from a conversation which I once heard between the Earl of Orrery and old Mr. Lewis . Swift now , much against his will , commenced Irishman for life , and was to contrive how ...
... means to correspond with the notions that I had formed of it from a conversation which I once heard between the Earl of Orrery and old Mr. Lewis . Swift now , much against his will , commenced Irishman for life , and was to contrive how ...
Stran 35
... mean parents . Of the place of his birth , or the first part of his life , I have not been able to gain any intelligence . educated upon the foundation at Eton , and was captain of the school a whole year , without any vacancy , by ...
... mean parents . Of the place of his birth , or the first part of his life , I have not been able to gain any intelligence . educated upon the foundation at Eton , and was captain of the school a whole year , without any vacancy , by ...
Stran 38
... mean man whom Pope chose for an associate , and whose co- operation was considered by Pope's enemies as so important , that he was attacked by Henley with this ludicrous distich : ' Pope came off clean with Homer ; but they say Broome ...
... mean man whom Pope chose for an associate , and whose co- operation was considered by Pope's enemies as so important , that he was attacked by Henley with this ludicrous distich : ' Pope came off clean with Homer ; but they say Broome ...
Stran 47
... means the qualification which this author reckons abso- lutely necessary to a critic , it being very certain that he was , like this Essayer , a very indifferent poet ; he loved to be well dressed ; and I remember a little young ...
... means the qualification which this author reckons abso- lutely necessary to a critic , it being very certain that he was , like this Essayer , a very indifferent poet ; he loved to be well dressed ; and I remember a little young ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
Aaron Hill acquainted Addison afterwards appears attention blank verse Bolingbroke called censure character copy criticism Curll death dedication delight diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad edition Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry Epistle epitaph Essay excellence expected fame father faults favour friendship genius Homer honour hope Iliad Ireland kind King known labour lady language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lyttelton Mallet mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers opinion Orrery passion perhaps persuaded Philips Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed produced published reader reason received reputation rhyme satire says seems Sir George Lyttelton Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift tell Thomson told tragedy translation virtue Walpole Warburton Westminster Abbey Winchester College write written wrote Young