The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their WorkR. Dodsley, 1795 - 536 páginas |
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... manner of fubjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great pleasure of verse arises from the known measure of the lines , and uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the ...
... manner of fubjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great pleasure of verse arises from the known measure of the lines , and uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the ...
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... manners uncommunicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the ftate of them whofe ftory is related , and by confequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested ...
... manners uncommunicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the ftate of them whofe ftory is related , and by confequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested ...
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... manner of the two writers is fufficiently difcernible . Cow- ley's is fcarcely defcription , unless it be poffi- ble to defcribe by negatives ; for he tells us only what there is not in heaven ; Tasso en- deavours to represent the ...
... manner of the two writers is fufficiently difcernible . Cow- ley's is fcarcely defcription , unless it be poffi- ble to defcribe by negatives ; for he tells us only what there is not in heaven ; Tasso en- deavours to represent the ...
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... manners , he contented himself with a deciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but ... manner he had in common with others ; but his fentiments were his own . Upon every fubject he thought for himself ...
... manners , he contented himself with a deciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but ... manner he had in common with others ; but his fentiments were his own . Upon every fubject he thought for himself ...
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... manner , had been able to act with spirit and uniformity . When the Commons began to fet the roy- al authority at open defiance , Waller is faid to have withdrawn from the house , and to have returned with the king's permiffion ; and ...
... manner , had been able to act with spirit and uniformity . When the Commons began to fet the roy- al authority at open defiance , Waller is faid to have withdrawn from the house , and to have returned with the king's permiffion ; and ...
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Página 372 - 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...
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Página 137 - ... 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...
Página 181 - To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Página 299 - Of him that knows much it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation; by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion...
Página 483 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Página 316 - Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead : They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.
Página 20 - Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think.
Página 172 - ... read for pleasure or accomplishment, and who buy the numerous products of modern typography, the number was then comparatively small. To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies.
Página 323 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.