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. Lyttelton |
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... Shrewsbury refused to be associated with a man so meanly born . Prior
therefore continued to act without a title till the duke returned next year to
England , and then he assumed the style and dignity of ambassad or . But , while
he continued ...
... Shrewsbury refused to be associated with a man so meanly born . Prior
therefore continued to act without a title till the duke returned next year to
England , and then he assumed the style and dignity of ambassad or . But , while
he continued ...
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How long he continued behind the counter , or with what degree of softness and
dexterity he received and accommodated the ladies , as he probably took no
delight in telling it , is not known . The report is , that he was soon weary of either
the ...
How long he continued behind the counter , or with what degree of softness and
dexterity he received and accommodated the ladies , as he probably took no
delight in telling it , is not known . The report is , that he was soon weary of either
the ...
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He had now ceased from corresponding with any of his subscribers except one ,
who yet continued to remit him the twenty pounds a year which he had promised
him , and by whom it was expected that he would have been in a very short time ...
He had now ceased from corresponding with any of his subscribers except one ,
who yet continued to remit him the twenty pounds a year which he had promised
him , and by whom it was expected that he would have been in a very short time ...
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He resolved from that time to study eight hours a day , and continued his industry
for seven years , with what improvement is sufficiently known . This part of his
story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and ...
He resolved from that time to study eight hours a day , and continued his industry
for seven years , with what improvement is sufficiently known . This part of his
story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and ...
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... continued without end , if he could have continued his annual plun . der . But
Swift , I suppose , did not yet know what he has since written , that a commission
was drawn , which would have ap . pointed him general for life , had it not
become ...
... continued without end , if he could have continued his annual plun . der . But
Swift , I suppose , did not yet know what he has since written , that a commission
was drawn , which would have ap . pointed him general for life , had it not
become ...
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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.
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| Título | 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. Lyttelton Volumen2 de The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Etheridge, jun'r., 1810 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 12 Jun. 2007 |
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