The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 91.
Pàgina 18
... reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de gus- tibus non est disputandum ; " men may be convinced , but they can- not be pleased , against their will . But though taste is ...
... reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de gus- tibus non est disputandum ; " men may be convinced , but they can- not be pleased , against their will . But though taste is ...
Pàgina 23
... readers of Mrs. Oldfield's ' Life . ' ( See ' Suffolk Papers , ' 2 vols . 8vo . , 1824 , i . 330. ) 20 When the younger Duchess [ of Marlborough ] exposed herself by placing a monument and silly epitaph of her own composition and bad ...
... readers of Mrs. Oldfield's ' Life . ' ( See ' Suffolk Papers , ' 2 vols . 8vo . , 1824 , i . 330. ) 20 When the younger Duchess [ of Marlborough ] exposed herself by placing a monument and silly epitaph of her own composition and bad ...
Pàgina 26
... reader with senseless consola- tion : from the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas , from every tear sprung up a violet . 3 But William is his hero , and of William he 26 CONGREVE .
... reader with senseless consola- tion : from the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas , from every tear sprung up a violet . 3 But William is his hero , and of William he 26 CONGREVE .
Pàgina 35
... reader to dislike what Collier incited him to abhor.12 In his preface to ' King Arthur ' he endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his ' Mourn- ing Bride ' than it has obtained from any ...
... reader to dislike what Collier incited him to abhor.12 In his preface to ' King Arthur ' he endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his ' Mourn- ing Bride ' than it has obtained from any ...
Pàgina 38
... readers with plain prose . ' The Spectator ' stopped , 25 he considered the polite world as desti- tute of entertainment ; and in concert with Mr. Hughes , who wrote every third paper , published three times a week The Lay Monas- tery ...
... readers with plain prose . ' The Spectator ' stopped , 25 he considered the polite world as desti- tute of entertainment ; and in concert with Mr. Hughes , who wrote every third paper , published three times a week The Lay Monas- tery ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1801 |
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1864 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Aaron Hill acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared Arbuthnot beauty blank verse Bolingbroke Broome called censure character Cibber Congreve copy Court criticism Croker death dedication died Dodsley Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl edition Edward Young elegance endeavoured Epistle epitaph Essay excellence father favour Fenton friendship genius Homer honour Iliad imagination imitation Johnson Joseph Warton kind King labour Lady letter lived London Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lyttelton Mallet mind Miscellany mother nature never Night Thoughts observed occasion Orrery Oxford perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen reader reason received Richard Savage satire Savage says seems Spence by Singer supposed Swift Thomson Tickell tion told translation Tyrconnel verses virtue Walpole Warton Westminster Abbey William Broome write written wrote Young