Lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works. With notes by P. Cunningham, Količina 31854 |
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... given a new and interesting proof ; and , in Parnell's Life , several entries in Swift's Journal to Stella , which his editors have wholly misunderstood , are here satisfac- torily explained . To the Life of Tickell I have been enabled ...
... given a new and interesting proof ; and , in Parnell's Life , several entries in Swift's Journal to Stella , which his editors have wholly misunderstood , are here satisfac- torily explained . To the Life of Tickell I have been enabled ...
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Samuel Johnson Peter Cunningham. period when it was given , and the amount . To the enumeration of Thomson's works , a poem on the death of Congreve , not before known , is here added ; and for the first time attention has been directed ...
Samuel Johnson Peter Cunningham. period when it was given , and the amount . To the enumeration of Thomson's works , a poem on the death of Congreve , not before known , is here added ; and for the first time attention has been directed ...
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... given by Cromwell to one Mrs. Thomas , and she many years after- wards sold them to Curll , who inserted them [ 1727 ] in a volume of his Miscellanies . Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first ...
... given by Cromwell to one Mrs. Thomas , and she many years after- wards sold them to Curll , who inserted them [ 1727 ] in a volume of his Miscellanies . Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first ...
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... given by himself of his studies was , that from fourteen to twenty he read only for amusement , from twenty to twenty - seven for improvement and instruction ; that in the first part of this time he desired only to know , and in the ...
... given by himself of his studies was , that from fourteen to twenty he read only for amusement , from twenty to twenty - seven for improvement and instruction ; that in the first part of this time he desired only to know , and in the ...
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... given this public approbation of it , which I can look upon only as y effect of that Benevolence you have ever been so ready to show to any who but make it their endeavour to do well . But as a little Rain revives a flower , which too ...
... given this public approbation of it , which I can look upon only as y effect of that Benevolence you have ever been so ready to show to any who but make it their endeavour to do well . But as a little Rain revives a flower , which too ...
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Stran 13 - (AusTEH H.) Nineveh and its Remains. Being a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries amidst the Ruins of Assyria. With an Account of the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan; the Yezedis, or Devil-worshippers; and an Enquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians. Fifth Edition. Plates and Woodcuts. 2 Vols. 8vo.
Stran 36 - of glory bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long reflections of the distant fires A thousand piles the dusky horrors gild,
Stran 144 - GAY. In Westminster Abbey, 1732. " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child: With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Formed to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great: A safe companion, and an easy friend, Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
Stran 36 - 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 Hood of glory bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Stran 37 - trembling beams bestow; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole: Clear gleams of light o'er the dark trees are seen, o'er the dark trees a yellow sheds, O'er the dark trees a yellower green they shed, gleam verdure And tip with silver all the
Stran 13 - Post 8vo. 6». LEWIS' (G. CORNKWALL) Essay on the Government of Dependencies. 8vo. 12>. Glossary of Provincial Words used in Herefordshire and some of the adjoining Counties. 12mo. 4*. 6d. Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages: Second Edition. 8vo. 12«. (LADY THERESA) Friends and Contemporaries of the
Stran 455 - CAMPBELL'S (LORD) Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lord Eldon in 1838. Third Edition. 7 Vols. 8vo. 102s. The Work
Stran 114 - he silently corrected in those that followed. He appears to have revised the ' Iliad,' and freed it from some of its imperfections ; and the ' Essay on Criticism' received many improvements after its first appearance. It will seldom be found that he altered without adding clearness, elegance, or vigour. Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden ; but
Stran 143 - Thy martial spirit, or thy social love! Amidst corruption, luxury, and rage, Still leave some ancient virtues to our age : Nor let us say (those English glories gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone." The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of commonplaces, though somewhat diversified by mingled qualities and the peculiarity
Stran 276 - left him about two thousand pounds; a sum which Collins could scarcely think exhaustible, and which he did not live to exhaust. The guineas were then repaid, and the translation neglected. But man is not born for happiness. Collins, who, while he studied to live, felt no evil but poverty, no sooner lived to study