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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... house which Dryden frequented , and pleafed himself with having feen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , fome days before Pope was twelve ; fo early muft he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not ...
... house which Dryden frequented , and pleafed himself with having feen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , fome days before Pope was twelve ; fo early muft he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not ...
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... house - Addison , Con- greve , and Garth , were there at the reading . In " four or five places , Lord Halifax ftopt me very 66 civilly , and with a fpeech each time , much of the " fame kind , I beg your pardon , Mr. Pope ; but " there ...
... house - Addison , Con- greve , and Garth , were there at the reading . In " four or five places , Lord Halifax ftopt me very 66 civilly , and with a fpeech each time , much of the " fame kind , I beg your pardon , Mr. Pope ; but " there ...
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... house , " and had a bow from every body but me , who , I con- " fefs , could not but despise him . When I came to " the antichamber to wait , before prayers , Dr. Swift " was the principal man of talk and business , and acted " as ...
... house , " and had a bow from every body but me , who , I con- " fefs , could not but despise him . When I came to " the antichamber to wait , before prayers , Dr. Swift " was the principal man of talk and business , and acted " as ...
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... house , the fur- niture , the gardens , and the entertainments of Timon , a man of great wealth and little tafte . By Timon he was univerfally supposed , and by the Earl of Burling- ton , to whom the poem is addreffed , was privately ...
... house , the fur- niture , the gardens , and the entertainments of Timon , a man of great wealth and little tafte . By Timon he was univerfally supposed , and by the Earl of Burling- ton , to whom the poem is addreffed , was privately ...
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... house , and the friend of many who obftructed and cenfured the conduct of the Minifters . His political partiality was too plainly fhewn : he forgot the prudence with which he paffed , in his earlier years , uninjured and unoffending ...
... house , and the friend of many who obftructed and cenfured the conduct of the Minifters . His political partiality was too plainly fhewn : he forgot the prudence with which he paffed , in his earlier years , uninjured and unoffending ...
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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.