The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. WalshC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 páginas |
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Truth indeed is always truth , and reason is always reafon ; they have an
intrinsick and unalterable value , and constitute that intellectual gold which defies
destruction : but gold may be fo concealed in bafer matter that only a chymist can
...
Truth indeed is always truth , and reason is always reafon ; they have an
intrinsick and unalterable value , and constitute that intellectual gold which defies
destruction : but gold may be fo concealed in bafer matter that only a chymist can
...
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But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and of the sciences which
that knowledge requires or includes is , not the great or the frequent business of
the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we ...
But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and of the sciences which
that knowledge requires or includes is , not the great or the frequent business of
the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we ...
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The substance of the narrative is truth ; and as truth allows no choice , it is , like
necessity , superior to rule . To the accidental or adventitious parts , as to every
thing human , some flight exceptions may be made . But the main fabrick is ...
The substance of the narrative is truth ; and as truth allows no choice , it is , like
necessity , superior to rule . To the accidental or adventitious parts , as to every
thing human , some flight exceptions may be made . But the main fabrick is ...
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Of his insinuation and flattery it is not unreasonable to believe that the truth is told
. Ascham , in his elegant description of those whom in modern language we terın
Wits , says , that they are open . fiatterers , and privy mockers . Waller shewed a ...
Of his insinuation and flattery it is not unreasonable to believe that the truth is told
. Ascham , in his elegant description of those whom in modern language we terın
Wits , says , that they are open . fiatterers , and privy mockers . Waller shewed a ...
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To the poem on Cider , written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this
peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are
exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , , a book of entertainment and of ...
To the poem on Cider , written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this
peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are
exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , , a book of entertainment and of ...
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Página 115 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 54 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Página 32 - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Página 225 - 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 326 - It was my Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse ; which made me uneasy till I tried whether or no I was capable of following his rules, and of reducing the speculation into practice. For many a fair precept in Poetry is like a seeming demonstration in the Mathematics, very specious in the diagram, but failing in the mechanic operation.
Página 193 - However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pygmies, the oneeyed monarch of the blind.
Página 231 - ... of the conduct of the two brothers, who, when their sister sinks with fatigue in a pathless wilderness, wander both away together in search of berries too far to find their way back, and leave a helpless Lady to all the sadness and danger of solitude.
Página 232 - Milton's morals as well as his poetry, the invitations to pleasure are so general, that they excite no distinct images of corrupt enjoyment, and take no dangerous hold on the fancy.
Página 147 - ... 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 27 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. Walsh Volumen1 de The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 3 Oct. 2007 |
| Largo | 503 páginas |
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