The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonSamuel Etheridge, jun'r., 1810 |
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... performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and obtained such notice , that , in 1691 , he was sent to the congress at the Hague as secretary to the embassy . In this assembly of ...
... performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and obtained such notice , that , in 1691 , he was sent to the congress at the Hague as secretary to the embassy . In this assembly of ...
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... la melancholie ; ” when it came to his turn to sing , after the performance of a young lady that sat next him , he produced these extemporary lines ; * Spence . † Ibid . song Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font 12 LIFE OF PRIOR :
... la melancholie ; ” when it came to his turn to sing , after the performance of a young lady that sat next him , he produced these extemporary lines ; * Spence . † Ibid . song Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font 12 LIFE OF PRIOR :
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... performance was a novel , called Incognita , or Love and Duty reconciled ; it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I would rather praise ...
... performance was a novel , called Incognita , or Love and Duty reconciled ; it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I would rather praise ...
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... performance Dryden , who pursued him with great malignity , lived long enough to ridicule in a pro- logue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He ...
... performance Dryden , who pursued him with great malignity , lived long enough to ridicule in a pro- logue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He ...
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... performances will do it injury . The praise given it by Addison , Spec . 339 , is too well known to be transcribed ; but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " Philosophical Poem , which has equalled that of ...
... performances will do it injury . The praise given it by Addison , Spec . 339 , is too well known to be transcribed ; but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " Philosophical Poem , which has equalled that of ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance Addison afterward appeared blank verse Bolingbroke called censure character Cibber coffeehouse considered contempt conversation criticism death delight diction diligence discovered Dryden duke Dunciad edition elegance endeavoured epitaph Essay excellence expected faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship gave genius honour hope Iliad imagination kind king known labour lady learning lence letter lines lived lord Bolingbroke lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza subscription sufficient supposed Swift Theophilus Cibber Thomson tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whigs Winchester college write written wrote Young
Pasajes populares
Página 217 - And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays; The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires. A thousand piles the dusky horrors gild, And shoot a shady lustre o'er the field. Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber'd arms by fits thick flashes send ; Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn, And ardent warriors wait the rising morn.
Página 216 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 295 - ... the narrowness of the definer, though a definition, which shall exclude Pope, will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry; let their productions be examined, and their claims stated, and the pretensions of Pope will be no more disputed.
Página 441 - ... cultivated ; that he was a man likely to love much where he loved at all, but that he was fastidious and hard to please.
Página 440 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially, but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics...
Página 179 - Tale of a Tub" has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered by itself ; what is true of that, is not true of any thing else which he has written.
Página 277 - 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 275 - He considered poetry as the business of his life, and, however he might seem to lament his occupation, he followed it with constancy: to make verses was his first labour, and to mend them was his last.
Página 366 - This was, however, the character rather of his inclination than his genius; the grandeur of wildness, and the novelty of extravagance, were always desired by him, but were not always attained.
Página 350 - He was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, when they were weary of faction and debates, used at Wickham to find books and quiet, a decent table, and literary conversation. There is at Wickham a walk made by Pitt; and, what is of far more importance, at Wickham Lyttelton received that conviction which produced his , Dissertation on St. Paul.