 1 It is remarkable, that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses, but they are of ' ethereal race: ' ' Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 319avtor: James Boswell - 1904Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 strani
...J It is remarkable that Mr. Cray has employed somewhat the same image tn characterise Dryden. lie, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but...fields of glory bear " Two coursers of ethereal race, He added, " These are all of which I can be sure." They bear a small proportion to the »hole, which... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 strani
...He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. b Shakespcar. ' Milton. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...fields of Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd and long-resounding pace. III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 strani
...To mea remote from power, but rarely known, " Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own." J It is remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryrien. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Rcliokl... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 strani
...steel, To men remote from power, but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own." I It is remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat...fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress of Poesy. He added,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 strani
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of etherial race, [ing pace. With necks in thunder cloatli'd, and long-resoundVer. 95. Nor second He,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 480 strani
...lines which he had furnished, which are only line 420th, " To stop too fearful, and too faint to go ;" 1 It is remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat...fields of glory bear " Two coursers of ethereal race, ' With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress of Poesyandthe concluding... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 strani
...allow, And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now. CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. i FROM GRAY'S PROGRESS OF POESY. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory, bear Two coursers of etherial race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resoundHark, his hands the lyre explore ! [ing... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 strani
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night l6 . Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of etherial race 17 , [ing pace 13 . With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resoundIII. 3. Hark, his... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 strani
...saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night.§ Behold where Drydcn's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race,fl [ing pace.^ With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resoundIII. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 strani
...the lightning" of the mind: and Gray characterizes the poetry of Dryden in a manner equally poetical. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With Decks in thunder cloth'd, and long resounding pace. Gray. It is impossible for a man of an elegant... | |
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