The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, المجلد 4R. Griffiths, 1753 - 356 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 27
... excellent poet . Our author was the fon of a worthy citizen of London , and born at Marlborough in the county of Wilts , on the 29th of January 1677 ; but received the rudiments of his learning at private fchools in London . In the ...
... excellent poet . Our author was the fon of a worthy citizen of London , and born at Marlborough in the county of Wilts , on the 29th of January 1677 ; but received the rudiments of his learning at private fchools in London . In the ...
الصفحة 33
... excellent ar- tift , for having fhewn us the Italian mufic in its per- fection , as well as for that generous approbation he gave to an Opera of our own country , in which Mr. Galliard the compofer endeavoured to do juftice to the ...
... excellent ar- tift , for having fhewn us the Italian mufic in its per- fection , as well as for that generous approbation he gave to an Opera of our own country , in which Mr. Galliard the compofer endeavoured to do juftice to the ...
الصفحة 36
... excellent I think this work to be , and how ' excellent I thought the author . ' < It is generally allowed that the characters in this play are finely varied and diftinguifhed ; that the fentiments are juft , and well adapted to the cha ...
... excellent I think this work to be , and how ' excellent I thought the author . ' < It is generally allowed that the characters in this play are finely varied and diftinguifhed ; that the fentiments are juft , and well adapted to the cha ...
الصفحة 38
... excellent genius , not to particularize his fhare in them . In the Tatler he writ , Vol . II . Numb . 64. A Letter figned Jofiah Couplet . Numb . 73. A Letter against Gameters , figned William Trufty . Mr. Tickell alludes to this Letter ...
... excellent genius , not to particularize his fhare in them . In the Tatler he writ , Vol . II . Numb . 64. A Letter figned Jofiah Couplet . Numb . 73. A Letter against Gameters , figned William Trufty . Mr. Tickell alludes to this Letter ...
الصفحة 54
... excellent de- fcription of the various operations , and effects of nature , the fyflem of the heavens , & c . and not be . ing fully informed of them , the first Book con- cludes , How narrow limits were to wifdom given ? Earth fhe ...
... excellent de- fcription of the various operations , and effects of nature , the fyflem of the heavens , & c . and not be . ing fully informed of them , the first Book con- cludes , How narrow limits were to wifdom given ? Earth fhe ...
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الصفحة 12 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
الصفحة 193 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
الصفحة 236 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and...
الصفحة 236 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
الصفحة 116 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
الصفحة 106 - Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
الصفحة 105 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to inquire ; but immediately seated himself with Sir Richard.
الصفحة 161 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
الصفحة 111 - any, not the remotest relation to public matters, nor correspondence with the persons then predominant, until the year 1657 ; when indeed I entered into an employment, for which I was not altogether improper, and which I considered to be the most innocent and inoffensive towards his majesty's affairs, of any in that usurped and irregular government, to which all men were then exposed.
الصفحة 236 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.