The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets, concluded. Miscellaneous livesJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... observed by all who knew him that every pamphlet difturbed his quiet , and that his extreme irritability laid him open to perpetual vexation ; but he wifhed to defpife his criticks , and therefore hoped that he did defpife them . As As ...
... observed by all who knew him that every pamphlet difturbed his quiet , and that his extreme irritability laid him open to perpetual vexation ; but he wifhed to defpife his criticks , and therefore hoped that he did defpife them . As As ...
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... observed by the late learned Mr. Dyer , that he confounded the idea of space with that of empty space , and did not confider that though space might be without matter , yet matter being extended could not be without fpace . Few books ...
... observed by the late learned Mr. Dyer , that he confounded the idea of space with that of empty space , and did not confider that though space might be without matter , yet matter being extended could not be without fpace . Few books ...
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... observed by a stranger who was in the boat with them ; he enquired of his neighbour the name of the young man , whofe queftion had put an end to the difcourfe , and having learned it , fet it down in his pocket - book , as it appears ...
... observed by a stranger who was in the boat with them ; he enquired of his neighbour the name of the young man , whofe queftion had put an end to the difcourfe , and having learned it , fet it down in his pocket - book , as it appears ...
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... observed , that it is written with an air of fearless veracity , and with the spirit of a man who thinks his cause just , and his behaviour without reproach : nor does there ap- pear any reason for doubting that Cheynel spoke and acted ...
... observed , that it is written with an air of fearless veracity , and with the spirit of a man who thinks his cause just , and his behaviour without reproach : nor does there ap- pear any reason for doubting that Cheynel spoke and acted ...
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Seite 107 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Seite 88 - His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help.
Seite 106 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Seite 134 - New sentiments and new images others may produce ; but to attempt any further improvement of versification will be dangerous. Art and diligence have now done their best, and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity.
Seite 144 - The lines on Craggs were not originally intended for an epitaph ; and therefore some faults are to be imputed to the violence with which they are torn from the poem that first contained them.
Seite 107 - What his mind could supply at call or gather in one excursion was all that he sought and all that he gave.
Seite 295 - 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.
Seite 106 - 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.
Seite 210 - 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...
Seite 106 - 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. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller.