The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous livesJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... difcovered an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues . The pamphlet is fuch as rage might be expected to dictate . He fuppofes himself to be asked two quef- tions ; whether the Effay will fucceed , and who tions ; 10 POP E.
... difcovered an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues . The pamphlet is fuch as rage might be expected to dictate . He fuppofes himself to be asked two quef- tions ; whether the Effay will fucceed , and who tions ; 10 POP E.
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... expected like other guardians that she should make at least an equal match ; and fuch he proposed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . 50 Having discovered the correspondence between the ...
... expected like other guardians that she should make at least an equal match ; and fuch he proposed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . 50 Having discovered the correspondence between the ...
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... expected , as each faction then boasted its literary zeal , that the great men , who on other occafions practifed all the violence of oppofition , would emulate each other in their en- * Spence , C 3 couragement 72 76 couragement of a ...
... expected , as each faction then boasted its literary zeal , that the great men , who on other occafions practifed all the violence of oppofition , would emulate each other in their en- * Spence , C 3 couragement 72 76 couragement of a ...
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... expected . from a writer to whom , as Homer fays , nothing but ru- . mour has reached , and who has no perfonal knowledge . 15 % Pope doubtless approached Addison , when the re- putation of their wit firft brought them together , with ...
... expected . from a writer to whom , as Homer fays , nothing but ru- . mour has reached , and who has no perfonal knowledge . 15 % Pope doubtless approached Addison , when the re- putation of their wit firft brought them together , with ...
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... expected from the South Sea , when the contagion of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets panted after wealth , Pope was feized with the univerfal paffion , and ven- tured fome of his money . The ftock rofe in its price ; and he ...
... expected from the South Sea , when the contagion of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets panted after wealth , Pope was feized with the univerfal paffion , and ven- tured fome of his money . The ftock rofe in its price ; and he ...
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Addifon affiftance afterwards againſt almoſt anſwer appears becauſe cenfure character compofition confequence confiderable confidered converfation curiofity defign defire difcovered Drake Dryden Dunciad eafily Effay endeavoured Engliſh fafe faid fame father fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fent fhall fhew fhip fhort fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fupply fuppofed furely greateſt higheſt himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe kindneſs king laft laſt learning leaſt lefs Letters loft Lord Lyttelton maſter mind moft moſt muſt neceffary never Night Thoughts Nombre de Dios obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfons perhaps Pindar pinnaces pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reafon reft ſeems ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflation univerfity uſed verfe verfion verſes vifit whofe whoſe write Young
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Seite 110 - 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 109 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Seite 276 - The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity.
Seite 308 - 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 206 - He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian...
Seite 79 - For this reason this joint production of three great writers has never obtained any notice from mankind; it has been little read, or when read has been forgotten, as no man could be wiser, better, or merrier, by remembering it. The design cannot boast of much originality; for, besides its general resemblance to Don Quixote, there will be found in it particular imitations of the History of Mr.
Seite 109 - 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 109 - 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.
Seite 90 - Club," compared himself to a spider, and by another is described as protuberant behind and before. He is said to have been beautiful in his infancy, but he was of a constitution originally feeble and weak; and, as bodies of a tender frame are easily distorted, his deformity was probably in part the effect of his application. His stature was so low, that to bring him to a level with common tables, it was necessary to raise his seat. But his face was not displeasing...
Seite 176 - As a writer he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind: his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley.