The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, المجلد 1C. 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, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen., 1783 |
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الصفحة 57
... against Reason , are no mean fpecimens of metaphyfical poetry . The ftanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human fa- culties , culties , Reafon has its proper talk affigned it ; CO ...
... against Reason , are no mean fpecimens of metaphyfical poetry . The ftanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human fa- culties , culties , Reafon has its proper talk affigned it ; CO ...
الصفحة 79
... against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumfpicit ingens , Saxum antiquum , ingens , campo quod forte jacebat Limes agro pofitus , litem ut difcerneret arvis . Cowley fays of the stone with which Cain ...
... against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumfpicit ingens , Saxum antiquum , ingens , campo quod forte jacebat Limes agro pofitus , litem ut difcerneret arvis . Cowley fays of the stone with which Cain ...
الصفحة 108
... against peace in the close Committee " be excepted . For grave burlesque , however , his imitation of Davenant fhews him to have been well qualified . 66 Of his more elevated occafional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve ...
... against peace in the close Committee " be excepted . For grave burlesque , however , his imitation of Davenant fhews him to have been well qualified . 66 Of his more elevated occafional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve ...
الصفحة 117
... thus low , it cannot reach my faith . ' 66 - -Thus by his fraud and our own faith o'er- 66 come , " A feigned tear deftroys us , against whom 1 3 " Tydides " Tydides nor Achilles could prevail , " Not ten DEN HA M. 117 1.
... thus low , it cannot reach my faith . ' 66 - -Thus by his fraud and our own faith o'er- 66 come , " A feigned tear deftroys us , against whom 1 3 " Tydides " Tydides nor Achilles could prevail , " Not ten DEN HA M. 117 1.
الصفحة 131
... against the wafte of time , and a cer- tain prefervative from oblivion . At Florence he could not indeed com- plain that his merit wanted distinction . Carlo Dati prefented him with an encomiastick in- fcription , in the tumid lapidary ...
... against the wafte of time , and a cer- tain prefervative from oblivion . At Florence he could not indeed com- plain that his merit wanted distinction . Carlo Dati prefented him with an encomiastick in- fcription , in the tumid lapidary ...
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againſt almoſt anſwer appears becauſe cauſe cenfured compofitions confidered Cowley daugh deferve defign defire diſcovered Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed greateſt Hiftory higheſt himſelf houſe Hudibras images itſelf kindneſs King known laft laſt Latin learning leaſt lefs Lord Lord Conway maſter meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Philips Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſe reader reafon repreſented rhyme ſeems ſhe ſkill ſome ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſed thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tranflation underſtanding univerfally uſe verfe verfification verſes Waller whofe whoſe write
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الصفحة 109 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
الصفحة 52 - 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
الصفحة 246 - Lost' has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state which no other man or woman can ever know. The reader finds no transaction in which he can be engaged ; beholds no condition in which he can by any effort of imagination place himself; he has, therefore, little natural curiosity or sympathy.
الصفحة 29 - Their attempts were always analytick: they broke every image into fragments, and could no more represent by their slender conceits and laboured particularities the prospects of...
الصفحة 251 - The confusion of spirit and matter, which pervades the whole narration of the war of Heaven, fills it with incongruity; and the book in which it is related is, I believe, the favourite of children, and gradually neglected as knowledge is increased.
الصفحة 82 - Wash'd from the morning beauties' deepest red ; An harmless flatt'ring meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care ; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies, Where the most sprightly azure...
الصفحة 249 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
الصفحة 28 - Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration.
الصفحة 28 - As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising, they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds...
الصفحة 256 - Regained has been too much depreciated, Samson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired. It could only be by long prejudice, and the bigotry of learning, that Milton could prefer the ancient tragedies, with their encumbrance of a chorus, to the exhibitions of the French and English stages...