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It is no wonder that those scenes should be very surprising which were contrived
by two poets of different nations , and raised by two ... To consider the poet after
the conjurer , I shall give you a taste of the Italian from the first lines of his VOL .
It is no wonder that those scenes should be very surprising which were contrived
by two poets of different nations , and raised by two ... To consider the poet after
the conjurer , I shall give you a taste of the Italian from the first lines of his VOL .
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... his tragedy , and therefore shines in the passionate parts more than any of our
English poets . As there is something familiar and domestic in the fable of his
tragedy , more than in those of any other poet , he has little pomp , but great force
in ...
... his tragedy , and therefore shines in the passionate parts more than any of our
English poets . As there is something familiar and domestic in the fable of his
tragedy , more than in those of any other poet , he has little pomp , but great force
in ...
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You shall seldom find a dull fellow of good education , but ( if he happens to have
any leisure upon his hands ) will turn his head to one of those two amusements ,
for all fools of eminence , politics or poetry . The former of these arts , is the ...
You shall seldom find a dull fellow of good education , but ( if he happens to have
any leisure upon his hands ) will turn his head to one of those two amusements ,
for all fools of eminence , politics or poetry . The former of these arts , is the ...
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... being resolved to double the distress , and melt his audience twice as much as
those before him · had done , brought a princess upon the stage with a little boy
in one hand and a girl in the other . This too had a very good effect . A third poet ...
... being resolved to double the distress , and melt his audience twice as much as
those before him · had done , brought a princess upon the stage with a little boy
in one hand and a girl in the other . This too had a very good effect . A third poet ...
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Orestes immediately after meets the usurper at the entrance of his palace ; and
by a very happy thought of the poet avoids killing him before the audience , by
telling him that he should live some time in his present bitterness of soul before
he ...
Orestes immediately after meets the usurper at the entrance of his palace ; and
by a very happy thought of the poet avoids killing him before the audience , by
telling him that he should live some time in his present bitterness of soul before
he ...
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Seite 46 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Seite 196 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Seite 3 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor ; with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 4 - I had not been long at the university, before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
Seite 5 - There is no place of general resort, wherein I do not often make my appearance; sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's, and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences.
Seite 9 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company...
Seite 4 - ... whether this might proceed from a law-suit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in.
Seite 10 - ... he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another, from another.
Seite 215 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Seite 12 - With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation of which he is very agreeable to the company ; for he is never over-bearing, though accustomed to command men in the utmost degree below him ; nor ever too obsequious, from an habit of obeying men highly above him.