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 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 30
... representing or moving the af- fections . As they were wholly employed on fomething unexpected and furprising , they had no regard to that uniformity of fentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of ...
... representing or moving the af- fections . As they were wholly employed on fomething unexpected and furprising , they had no regard to that uniformity of fentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of ...
الصفحة 87
... represents them as pro- moting or obstructing events by external agency . Of particular paffages that can be pro- perly compared , I remember only the defcrip- tion of Heaven , in which the different man- ner of the two writers is ...
... represents them as pro- moting or obstructing events by external agency . Of particular paffages that can be pro- perly compared , I remember only the defcrip- tion of Heaven , in which the different man- ner of the two writers is ...
الصفحة 89
... represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is faid to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Cowley . His manner he had in common with others ; but ...
... represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is faid to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Cowley . His manner he had in common with others ; but ...
الصفحة 214
... represented him as most delight- ing , after Homer , which he could almost re- peat , were Ovid's Metamorphofes and Euri- pides . His Euripides is , by Mr. Cradock's kindness , now in my hands : the margin is fometimes noted ; but I ...
... represented him as most delight- ing , after Homer , which he could almost re- peat , were Ovid's Metamorphofes and Euri- pides . His Euripides is , by Mr. Cradock's kindness , now in my hands : the margin is fometimes noted ; but I ...
الصفحة 220
... represented him as delicate , though tempe- rate , in his diet . In 1750 , April 5 , Comus was played for her benefit . She had fo little acquaintance with diverfion or gaiety , that she did not know what was intended when a benefit was ...
... represented him as delicate , though tempe- rate , in his diet . In 1750 , April 5 , Comus was played for her benefit . She had fo little acquaintance with diverfion or gaiety , that she did not know what was intended when a benefit was ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.