A History of Eighteenth Century Literature (1600-1780).Macmillan and Company, 1889 - 415 страници |
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... become national . For this reason , perhaps , he was not happy until all question of transition was over . He did not take up poetry in earnest till all intelligent Englishmen had decided what kind of poetry it was they wanted . And ...
... become national . For this reason , perhaps , he was not happy until all question of transition was over . He did not take up poetry in earnest till all intelligent Englishmen had decided what kind of poetry it was they wanted . And ...
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... become strongly interested anew in that species of poetic work . We shall speak later on of those satires of Marvell and Oldham which led the way for Dryden . He so far surpassed those his forerunners , and made the style so completely ...
... become strongly interested anew in that species of poetic work . We shall speak later on of those satires of Marvell and Oldham which led the way for Dryden . He so far surpassed those his forerunners , and made the style so completely ...
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... heard in England for vigorous alternation of thrust and parry . The heroic couplet had become by this time , in Dryden's hands , a rapier of polished and tempered steel . 1 The success of Absalom and Achitophel surpassed anything of.
... heard in England for vigorous alternation of thrust and parry . The heroic couplet had become by this time , in Dryden's hands , a rapier of polished and tempered steel . 1 The success of Absalom and Achitophel surpassed anything of.
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... become synonymous with poetaster , had lately died , and Dryden represents him as nominating Shadwell to succeed him on the throne of dulness . The paternal address closes with some lines which , in addition to their irresistible comic ...
... become synonymous with poetaster , had lately died , and Dryden represents him as nominating Shadwell to succeed him on the throne of dulness . The paternal address closes with some lines which , in addition to their irresistible comic ...
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... becoming grace , But let in such a curious frame , As if ' twere wrought in filograin ; And cut so ev'n , as if ' t had been Drawn with a pen upon his chin . No topiary hedge of quickset Was e'er so neatly cut , or thick set ; That made ...
... becoming grace , But let in such a curious frame , As if ' twere wrought in filograin ; And cut so ev'n , as if ' t had been Drawn with a pen upon his chin . No topiary hedge of quickset Was e'er so neatly cut , or thick set ; That made ...
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Страница 233 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Страница 125 - Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And universal Darkness buries All.
Страница 229 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Страница 290 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Страница 294 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by: His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Страница 340 - Sae true his heart, sae smooth his speech, His breath like caller air ; His very foot has music in't • As he comes up the stair, — And will I see his face again? And will I hear him speak ? I'm downright dizzy wi...
Страница 121 - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
Страница 60 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Страница 231 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome— at an inn.
Страница 322 - Those poets who owe their best fame to his skill Shall still be his flatterers, go where he will; Old Shakespeare receive him with praise and with love, And Beaumonts and Bens be his Kellys above.