The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volumen11William Durell, 1811 |
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... English poets he soon distin- guished the versification of Dryden , which he consi- dered as the model to be studied , and was impressed with such veneration for his instructor , that he per- suaded some friends to take him to the ...
... English poets he soon distin- guished the versification of Dryden , which he consi- dered as the model to be studied , and was impressed with such veneration for his instructor , that he per- suaded some friends to take him to the ...
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... English . He translated likewise the epistle of Sappho to Phaon , from Ovid , to complete the ver- sion which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English ...
... English . He translated likewise the epistle of Sappho to Phaon , from Ovid , to complete the ver- sion which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English ...
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... English poets by the early exertion of their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were published in his childhood , and therefore of him only can it be certain that his puerile performances received no improve- ment from his maturer ...
... English poets by the early exertion of their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were published in his childhood , and therefore of him only can it be certain that his puerile performances received no improve- ment from his maturer ...
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... English poets had hitherto neglected , and which therefore was left to him as a basis of fame ; and , being delighted with rural poems , recommended to him to write a pastoral comedy , like those which are read so eagerly in Italy ; a ...
... English poets had hitherto neglected , and which therefore was left to him as a basis of fame ; and , being delighted with rural poems , recommended to him to write a pastoral comedy , like those which are read so eagerly in Italy ; a ...
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... English convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed to have inherited the opinion of her family . At its first appearance it was termed by Addison " merum sal ...
... English convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed to have inherited the opinion of her family . At its first appearance it was termed by Addison " merum sal ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aaron Hill Addison afterwards appears blank verse Bolingbroke called censure character copy criticism death delight diction diligence discovered Dorset downs Dryden Dunciad edition Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry epistle epitaph Essay excellence fame father faults favour friendship genius Grongar Hill Homer honour hope hundred Iliad Ireland kind king known labour lady language learning letters lines lived lord lord Bolingbroke lord Halifax Lyttelton Mallet ment mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers once original Orrery Oxford perhaps Philips Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed produced prose published reader reason received reputation rhyme ridiculous satire says seems shew shewn solicited sometimes soon stanza supposed Swift Tatler tell thing Thomson tion told tragedy translation truth virtue Warburton whigs write written wrote Young
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Página 155 - Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope. In acquired knowledge, the superiority must be allowed to Dryden, whose education was more scholastic, and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study, with better means of information. His mind has a larger range, and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Página 253 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
Página 94 - A grotto is not often the wish or pleasure of an Englishman, who has more frequent need to solicit than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.
Página 190 - Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust: Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.
Página 154 - He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
Página 188 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Página 334 - There is no character without some speck, some imperfection; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors in science.
Página 336 - As a writer he had this peculiarity, that he did not write his pieces first rudely, and then correct them, but laboured every line as it arose in the train of composition; and he had a notion not very peculiar, that he could not write but at certain times, or at happy moments; a fantastic foppery, to which my kindness for a man of learning and virtue wishes him to have been superior.
Página 42 - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and, in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary, he actually obliged us to take the money.
Página 134 - .I never in my " life knew a man that had so tender a heart for " his particular friends, or more general friendship