The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Том 31781 |
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... fatire of Juvenal was written very early , and may therefore be forgiven , though it have not the maffy- nefs and vigour of the original . In all his verfions ftrength and fprightlinefs are want- ing : his Hymn to Venus , from Homer ...
... fatire of Juvenal was written very early , and may therefore be forgiven , though it have not the maffy- nefs and vigour of the original . In all his verfions ftrength and fprightlinefs are want- ing : his Hymn to Venus , from Homer ...
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... fatire and omitted the praise . What was his reason I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head ftill teemed with heroick poetry , and ( 1705 ) he published Eliza in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary ...
... fatire and omitted the praise . What was his reason I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head ftill teemed with heroick poetry , and ( 1705 ) he published Eliza in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary ...
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... herself , and imagined that fome of the darts which fatire might point at her would glance upon them ; Lord Tyrconnel , whatever were his motives , upon his promise to to lay afide his defign of expofing the cru- elty SAVAGE . 249.
... herself , and imagined that fome of the darts which fatire might point at her would glance upon them ; Lord Tyrconnel , whatever were his motives , upon his promise to to lay afide his defign of expofing the cru- elty SAVAGE . 249.
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... fatire lofes its force , and his panegyric its value , and he is only confidered at one time as a flatterer , and as a calumniator at another . To avoid these imputations , it is only ne- ceffary to follow the rules of virtue , and to ...
... fatire lofes its force , and his panegyric its value , and he is only confidered at one time as a flatterer , and as a calumniator at another . To avoid these imputations , it is only ne- ceffary to follow the rules of virtue , and to ...
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... fatire as he af- terwards thought very unjuft , when he was exposed to it himself ; for when he was afterwards ridiculed in the character of a diftreffed poet , he very easily discovered , that distress was not a proper fubject for ...
... fatire as he af- terwards thought very unjuft , when he was exposed to it himself ; for when he was afterwards ridiculed in the character of a diftreffed poet , he very easily discovered , that distress was not a proper fubject for ...
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accufation Addiſon afferted affiftance afterwards againſt amuſements anſwer appeared becauſe cenfure character confidered converfation death deferved defign defire diſcover diſtinguiſhed Dunciad eafily endeavoured Engliſh faid fame fatire favour fays feems feldom fent fentiments Fenton fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure genius himſelf honour houfe houſe Iliad intereft kindneſs King laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel ment moft moſt muſt nature neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion Orrery paffed paffion perfon perhaps pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe profe promiſe propofals publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen racter raiſed reaſon received refentment refolution refuſed Savage Savage's ſeems ſhe ſome ſtage ſtate ſtudy Swift tenderneſs themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion Tyrconnel ufual uſed verfes verſes vifit virtue Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote
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Страница 442 - Ay, any one that did not know so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose.
Страница 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
Страница 223 - During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance he was without lodging, and often without meat; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him; there he used to walk and form his speeches, and afterwards step into a shop, beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink, and write down what he had composed upon paper which he had picked up by accident.
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Страница 450 - They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs...