The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 68.
Pàgina xviii
... Imagination , 493 - In 1745 publishes his Odes , 494 - Dies June 23 , 1770 , 494 - His character as a Poet , 495 . THOMAS GRAY , 1716—1771 • p . 496 Born in Cornhill , 496 - Educated at Eton and Oxford , 496 - Travels with Horace ...
... Imagination , 493 - In 1745 publishes his Odes , 494 - Dies June 23 , 1770 , 494 - His character as a Poet , 495 . THOMAS GRAY , 1716—1771 • p . 496 Born in Cornhill , 496 - Educated at Eton and Oxford , 496 - Travels with Horace ...
Pàgina xix
... imagination at once his form , his merits , his peculiarities , nay , the very uncouthness of his gestures , and the deep impressive tone of his voice . We learn not only what he said , but form an idea how he said it ; and have , at ...
... imagination at once his form , his merits , his peculiarities , nay , the very uncouthness of his gestures , and the deep impressive tone of his voice . We learn not only what he said , but form an idea how he said it ; and have , at ...
Pàgina 1
... imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
... imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
Pàgina 10
... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
Pàgina 18
... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be the worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns as therefore this property was not assigned ...
... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be the worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns as therefore this property was not assigned ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... Samuel Johnson,Sir Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1871 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse censure character considered contempt conversation Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence discovered Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence faults favour fortune friends genius happiness honour Hudibras Iliad imagination imitation kind king known labour Lady language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mentioned Milton mind nature never Night Thoughts NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise present published queen reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sentiments Shakspeare Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought tion told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue Waller Whigs write written wrote Young