Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 Seiten |
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... merit of this publica- tion , that it was honoured with fome particular marks of approbation . It was publickly spoken of and recommend- ed by the late Dr. Young , by Mrs. Talbot , Mrs. Carter , and other eminent characters . When the ...
... merit of this publica- tion , that it was honoured with fome particular marks of approbation . It was publickly spoken of and recommend- ed by the late Dr. Young , by Mrs. Talbot , Mrs. Carter , and other eminent characters . When the ...
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... merit . Had these Elegies appeared with the name of fome popular writer , the fale would probably have been proportionably rapid , and the reputation of a Pope , a Goldsmith , or a Gray , would have pre- pared the reader to receive the ...
... merit . Had these Elegies appeared with the name of fome popular writer , the fale would probably have been proportionably rapid , and the reputation of a Pope , a Goldsmith , or a Gray , would have pre- pared the reader to receive the ...
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... merit of these gardens , confidered as planned by one who had never seen other improved grounds , it is very certain that the taste of Scott , afterwards more cultivated , would not fuffer him always to view them with the fame ...
... merit of these gardens , confidered as planned by one who had never seen other improved grounds , it is very certain that the taste of Scott , afterwards more cultivated , would not fuffer him always to view them with the fame ...
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... merit might be expected . The authors of the Monthly Review fpeak of it in very high terms of approbation . This poem is written in blank verfe , the genius of which Scott profeffsed to have have particularly ftudied , and I think he ...
... merit might be expected . The authors of the Monthly Review fpeak of it in very high terms of approbation . This poem is written in blank verfe , the genius of which Scott profeffsed to have have particularly ftudied , and I think he ...
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... merit that landskip painting has to the But few poems eye . of this kind were ever known to come from the pen of a good writer without a mixture of moral reflections ; and in this , the poetry of Scott is entitled to no little ...
... merit that landskip painting has to the But few poems eye . of this kind were ever known to come from the pen of a good writer without a mixture of moral reflections ; and in this , the poetry of Scott is entitled to no little ...
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Seite 149 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Seite 38 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose...
Seite 192 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Seite 156 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Seite 245 - When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress.
Seite 214 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Seite 218 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Seite 100 - Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for peace with all your skill ; Open wide the lofty door, Seek her on the marble floor ; In vain...
Seite 229 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Seite 161 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th