The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets. With an Account of Their Writings, المجلد 2A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor and F. Batley, 1723 - 360 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xix
... against any thing of this kind , as generally expecting nothing but Froth and Emptinels An1 as the Poets , and their Productions , now are vaftly more numerous than they were in former Ages , it is not to b admir'd that they are lefs ...
... against any thing of this kind , as generally expecting nothing but Froth and Emptinels An1 as the Poets , and their Productions , now are vaftly more numerous than they were in former Ages , it is not to b admir'd that they are lefs ...
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... The BEAUTIES . TO ARMIDA . II . A Satire against Woman . To a Lady who let a fine Gentlemen die for Love of her , III . A Satire upon Marriage . VI . A IV . A Satire upon the French King , on 16 The Lives and Characters of the.
... The BEAUTIES . TO ARMIDA . II . A Satire against Woman . To a Lady who let a fine Gentlemen die for Love of her , III . A Satire upon Marriage . VI . A IV . A Satire upon the French King , on 16 The Lives and Characters of the.
الصفحة 33
... Zeal he expreffed for the King's Caufe , in which he appeared the great Champion against the Presbyterians . He fhined with equal Light D and ; and Influence , until the Grand Rebellion began to Unvizard ENGLISH POETS 33.
... Zeal he expreffed for the King's Caufe , in which he appeared the great Champion against the Presbyterians . He fhined with equal Light D and ; and Influence , until the Grand Rebellion began to Unvizard ENGLISH POETS 33.
الصفحة 51
... against feveral Perfons at " Court , that were of another Party , than that he was engaged in , broke off proceeding in it , and " left it ( imperfect ) as it is now Printed . ce 196 ) 196 ) 96 96 ( 96 ) ( 96 ) ( 96 ) 96 96 96 96 96 96 ...
... against feveral Perfons at " Court , that were of another Party , than that he was engaged in , broke off proceeding in it , and " left it ( imperfect ) as it is now Printed . ce 196 ) 196 ) 96 96 ( 96 ) ( 96 ) ( 96 ) 96 96 96 96 96 96 ...
الصفحة 65
... against W o- MAN . This Piece met with many Antagonists , but Sold many Impreffions : tho ' for a Specimen of his Vein of Satire , I think the following Lines are fome of the juftest and best he ever writ , " Goulds Iber and Satyrical F ...
... against W o- MAN . This Piece met with many Antagonists , but Sold many Impreffions : tho ' for a Specimen of his Vein of Satire , I think the following Lines are fome of the juftest and best he ever writ , " Goulds Iber and Satyrical F ...
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الصفحة 198 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
الصفحة 104 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
الصفحة 255 - To his friends' pity, and pursuers' scorn, With shame remembers while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Thence to the coverts and the conscious groves, The scenes of his past triumphs and his loves.
الصفحة 147 - Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
الصفحة 196 - Sidney rais'd his Gratuity to Two Hundred Pounds, and commanded the Steward to give it immediately, lest as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole Estate.
الصفحة 144 - I'd in pleasure, ease, and plenty live. And as I near approach'd the verge of life, Some kind relation (for I'd have no wife) Should take upon him all my worldly care, Whilst I did for a better state prepare.
الصفحة 257 - But free and common as the sea or wind; When he to boast or to disperse his stores Full of the tributes of his grateful shores, Visits the world, and in his flying towers Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours; Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants.
الصفحة 105 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hallowed feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit...
الصفحة 174 - His behaviour was easy and courteous to all ; but distinguished and adapted to each man in particular, according to his station and quality. His civility was free from the formality of rule, and flowed immediately from his good sense.
الصفحة 276 - He kept up his good" humour to the laft ; and took leave of " his wife and friends, immediately before " his laft agony, with the fame tranquillity " of mind, and the fame indifference for " life, as though he had been upon taking " but a fhort journey. He was twice mar" ried, firft to a daughter of Mr.