The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their WorkR. Dodsley, 1795 - 536 páginas |
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Samuel Johnson. tion of particulars is turned more upon the original than the fecondary fenfe , more upon that from which the illuftration is drawn than that to which it is applied . Of this we have a very eminent example in the ode ...
Samuel Johnson. tion of particulars is turned more upon the original than the fecondary fenfe , more upon that from which the illuftration is drawn than that to which it is applied . Of this we have a very eminent example in the ode ...
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... fenfe may be fo hidden in unrefined and plebeian words that none but philofophers can diftinguish it ; and both may be fo buried in impurities , as not to pay the cost of their extraction . The diction being the vehicle of the thoughts ...
... fenfe may be fo hidden in unrefined and plebeian words that none but philofophers can diftinguish it ; and both may be fo buried in impurities , as not to pay the cost of their extraction . The diction being the vehicle of the thoughts ...
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... fenfe is now unfinish- ed ; and because all that can be done by a broken verfe , a line interfected by a cefura and a full ftop will equally effect . Of triplets in his Davideis he makes no use , and perhaps did not at first think them ...
... fenfe is now unfinish- ed ; and because all that can be done by a broken verfe , a line interfected by a cefura and a full ftop will equally effect . Of triplets in his Davideis he makes no use , and perhaps did not at first think them ...
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... , fo reasonably , and fo firmly , that it is not without great in- jury to his name that his speech , which was as follows , has been hitherto omitted in his works : * " There << " There is no doubt but the fenfe of WALLER . 87.
... , fo reasonably , and fo firmly , that it is not without great in- jury to his name that his speech , which was as follows , has been hitherto omitted in his works : * " There << " There is no doubt but the fenfe of WALLER . 87.
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Samuel Johnson. << " There is no doubt but the fenfe of " what this nation hath suffered from the pre- " fent bishops , hath produced these com- plaints ; and the apprehensions men have of fuffering the like , in time to come , make fo ...
Samuel Johnson. << " There is no doubt but the fenfe of " what this nation hath suffered from the pre- " fent bishops , hath produced these com- plaints ; and the apprehensions men have of fuffering the like , in time to come , make fo ...
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Página 372 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Página 188 - We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it is found.
Página 137 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 181 - To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Página 299 - Of him that knows much it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation; by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion...
Página 483 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Página 316 - Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead : They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.
Página 20 - Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think.
Página 172 - ... read for pleasure or accomplishment, and who buy the numerous products of modern typography, the number was then comparatively small. To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies.
Página 323 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.