The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Waller. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonC. 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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... Effay will fucceed , and who or what is the author . Its fuccefs he admits to be fecured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes to be young and raw . First , because he discovers a fufficiency be- yond his little ...
... Effay will fucceed , and who or what is the author . Its fuccefs he admits to be fecured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes to be young and raw . First , because he discovers a fufficiency be- yond his little ...
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... at firft , to have at- tacked him wantonly ; but though he always profeffed to defpife him , he discovers , by mentioning him often , that he felt his force or his venom , Of this Effay Pope declared that he did not expect C 3 Of POPE . 21.
... at firft , to have at- tacked him wantonly ; but though he always profeffed to defpife him , he discovers , by mentioning him often , that he felt his force or his venom , Of this Effay Pope declared that he did not expect C 3 Of POPE . 21.
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Samuel Johnson. Of this Effay Pope declared that he did not expect the fale to be quick , because not one gentleman in fixty , even of libéral education , could understand it . The gentlemen , and the education of that time , feem to ...
Samuel Johnson. Of this Effay Pope declared that he did not expect the fale to be quick , because not one gentleman in fixty , even of libéral education , could understand it . The gentlemen , and the education of that time , feem to ...
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... effay as a present before publication , that they might defeat their own enmity by praises , which they could not afterwards decently retract . With these precautions , in 1733 was pub- lished the first part of the Essay on Man . There ...
... effay as a present before publication , that they might defeat their own enmity by praises , which they could not afterwards decently retract . With these precautions , in 1733 was pub- lished the first part of the Essay on Man . There ...
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... Effay plainly appears the fabrick of a poet : what Bolingbroke fup- plied could be only the first principles ; the order , illustration , and embellishments must all be Pope's . These These principles it is not my business to clear from ...
... Effay plainly appears the fabrick of a poet : what Bolingbroke fup- plied could be only the first principles ; the order , illustration , and embellishments must all be Pope's . These These principles it is not my business to clear from ...
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Addiſon addreffed afterwards againſt almoſt appear aſked becauſe beſt Bolingbroke cauſe cenfure character compofition confequence confiderable confidered criticiſm criticks deferves defign defire diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eaſily Edward Young Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph Eſſay fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fhall fhew fhort fhould firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely greateſt higheſt himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters Lord Lyttelton Mallet maſter mind moſt muſt never Night Thoughts numbers obferved occafion paffages paffed paffion perfons perfuaded perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon ſay ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflation univerfally unkle uſed verfe verfion verſes whofe whoſe wiſh write written Young
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Página 353 - 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 171 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
Página 120 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 185 - Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long; The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground.
Página 485 - 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 125 - Man, of which he has given this account to Dr. Swift. March 25, 1736. If ever I write any more Epistles in verse one of them shall be addressed to you. I have long concerted it, and begun it; but I would make what bears your name as finished as my last work ought to be, that is to say, more finished than any of the rest. The subject is large, and will divide into four Epistles, which naturally follow the Essay on Man, viz.
Página 172 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. 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.
Página 55 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Página 238 - Yet softer honours, and less noisy fame, Attend the shade of gentle Buckingham : In whom a race, for courage fam'd and art, Ends in the milder merit of the heart : And, chiefs or sages long to Britain given, Pays the last tribute of a saint to Heaven.
Página 291 - But his devotional poetry is, like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition, and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.