The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets, concluded. Miscellaneous livesJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... dangerous , who called in queftion his knowledge of Greek , and his qualifications for a tranf lator of Homer . To thefe he made no publick oppo , fition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like ...
... dangerous , who called in queftion his knowledge of Greek , and his qualifications for a tranf lator of Homer . To thefe he made no publick oppo , fition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like ...
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... dangers , then lived in retirement , ftill under the frown of a victorious faction , who could take no pleasure in hearing his praise . He gave the fame year ( 1721 ) an edition of Shake- Speare . His name was now of fo much authority ...
... dangers , then lived in retirement , ftill under the frown of a victorious faction , who could take no pleasure in hearing his praise . He gave the fame year ( 1721 ) an edition of Shake- Speare . His name was now of fo much authority ...
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... danger of immediate death , when the poftilion fnatched him . out by breaking the glafs , of which the fragments cut two of his fingers in fuch a manner , that he loft their ufe . Voltaire , Voltaire , who was then in England , fent him ...
... danger of immediate death , when the poftilion fnatched him . out by breaking the glafs , of which the fragments cut two of his fingers in fuch a manner , that he loft their ufe . Voltaire , Voltaire , who was then in England , fent him ...
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... danger where gold and diamonds are fafe . A cat , hunted for his musk , is , according to Pope's account , but the em- blem of a wit winded by bookfellers . His complaint , however , received fome atteftation ; for the fame year the ...
... danger where gold and diamonds are fafe . A cat , hunted for his musk , is , according to Pope's account , but the em- blem of a wit winded by bookfellers . His complaint , however , received fome atteftation ; for the fame year the ...
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... danger of ftarving , ast the bookfellers had no longer any confidence in his capacity . The prevalence of this poem was gradual and flow : the plan , if not wholly new , was little understood by common readers . Many of the allufions ...
... danger of ftarving , ast the bookfellers had no longer any confidence in his capacity . The prevalence of this poem was gradual and flow : the plan , if not wholly new , was little understood by common readers . Many of the allufions ...
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Página 107 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Página 88 - His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help.
Página 106 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Página 134 - New sentiments and new images others may produce ; but to attempt any further improvement of versification will be dangerous. Art and diligence have now done their best, and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity.
Página 144 - The lines on Craggs were not originally intended for an epitaph ; and therefore some faults are to be imputed to the violence with which they are torn from the poem that first contained them.
Página 107 - What his mind could supply at call or gather in one excursion was all that he sought and all that he gave.
Página 295 - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
Página 106 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Página 210 - I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear. She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 106 - Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller.