The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. WalshC. 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 Seiten |
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... tion of it , as irregular and diforderly , and of the oration which was then . fpoken . More than this I have not difcovered . Dryden's Remarks on Rymer have been fomewhere printed before . The . former cdition I have not feen . This ...
... tion of it , as irregular and diforderly , and of the oration which was then . fpoken . More than this I have not difcovered . Dryden's Remarks on Rymer have been fomewhere printed before . The . former cdition I have not feen . This ...
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... ; for it is not loofe verfe , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedica- tion in verfe to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a B 4 popular popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it COWLEY .
... ; for it is not loofe verfe , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedica- tion in verfe to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a B 4 popular popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it COWLEY .
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... tion , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflammability , and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had re- folution to tell his paffion . This confideration ...
... tion , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflammability , and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had re- folution to tell his paffion . This confideration ...
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... tion of his loyalty . In this preface he de- clares , that " his defire had been for fome days paft , and did ftill very vehemently 66 continue , to retire himself to fome of the " American plantations , and to forfake this world for ...
... tion of his loyalty . In this preface he de- clares , that " his defire had been for fome days paft , and did ftill very vehemently 66 continue , to retire himself to fome of the " American plantations , and to forfake this world for ...
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... tion and exciting merriment . From the charge of difaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by obferving how unlikely it is that , having followed the royal family through all their diftreffes , " he should chuse " the time of ...
... tion and exciting merriment . From the charge of difaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by obferving how unlikely it is that , having followed the royal family through all their diftreffes , " he should chuse " the time of ...
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Seite 115 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Seite 54 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Seite 32 - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Seite 225 - We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it is found.
Seite 326 - It was my Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse ; which made me uneasy till I tried whether or no I was capable of following his rules, and of reducing the speculation into practice. For many a fair precept in Poetry is like a seeming demonstration in the Mathematics, very specious in the diagram, but failing in the mechanic operation.
Seite 193 - However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pygmies, the oneeyed monarch of the blind.
Seite 231 - ... of the conduct of the two brothers, who, when their sister sinks with fatigue in a pathless wilderness, wander both away together in search of berries too far to find their way back, and leave a helpless Lady to all the sadness and danger of solitude.
Seite 232 - Milton's morals as well as his poetry, the invitations to pleasure are so general, that they excite no distinct images of corrupt enjoyment, and take no dangerous hold on the fancy.
Seite 147 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Seite 27 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.