The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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... equal , was formed the grand alliance against Lewis ; which at last did not produce effects propor- tionate to the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior , in this splendid ini- tiation into public bufmefs , was fo ...
... equal , was formed the grand alliance against Lewis ; which at last did not produce effects propor- tionate to the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior , in this splendid ini- tiation into public bufmefs , was fo ...
Pàgina 19
... equal fum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and philofophers have often wifhed , the power of paffing the day in contemplative tranquillity ...
... equal fum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and philofophers have often wifhed , the power of paffing the day in contemplative tranquillity ...
Pàgina 47
... equal kindness . He writes to his patron the lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the These apologies are always ufe- lefs ; de guftibus non eft difputandum ...
... equal kindness . He writes to his patron the lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the These apologies are always ufe- lefs ; de guftibus non eft difputandum ...
Pàgina 69
... of Dennis , in- folent and contemptuous as they were , raised in him no implacable refentment : he and his critick were afterwards friends ; and in F 3 one one of his latter works he praises Dennis as equal BLACK MORE . 69.
... of Dennis , in- folent and contemptuous as they were , raised in him no implacable refentment : he and his critick were afterwards friends ; and in F 3 one one of his latter works he praises Dennis as equal BLACK MORE . 69.
Pàgina 70
... equal to Boileau in poetry , and fuperior to him in critical abilities . 1 He feems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by cenfure , and , in- ftead of flackening , quickened his career . Having in two years produced ten ...
... equal to Boileau in poetry , and fuperior to him in critical abilities . 1 He feems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by cenfure , and , in- ftead of flackening , quickened his career . Having in two years produced ten ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 388 - Travels, a production fo new and ftrange, that it filled the reader with a mingled emotion of merriment and amazement. It was received with fuch avidity, that the price of the firft edition was raifed before the fecond could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate.
Pàgina 403 - His Tale of a Tub has little refemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copioufnefs of images, and vivacity of diction, fuch as he afterwards never poflefled, or never exerted. It is of a mode fo diftinct and peculiar, that it . muft be
Pàgina 117 - acted in London fixty-three days " without interruption, and renewed the " next feafon with equal applaufe, it fpread " into all the great towns of England ; was " played in many places to the thirtieth and '* fortieth time ; at Bath and Briftol fifty, &c. '* It made its progrefs into Wales, Scotland, " and Ireland, where it was performed twen" ty-four days fucceffively. The ladies
Pàgina 227 - what revenge on Dennis can be had, Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad ? On one fo poor you cannot take the law, On one fo old your fword you fcorn to draw. Uncag'd then, let the harmlefs monfter rage, Secure in dulnefs, madnefs, want, and age,
Pàgina 117 - who fat in the next box to us, fay, " * It will do—it muft do! I fee it in the eyes *' of them.' This was a good while before '' the firft Act was over, and fo gave us eafe " foon; for that duke (befides his own good
Pàgina 150 - ftiade. And wreaths of myrtle crown the lovely maid. While now perhaps with Dido's ghoft fhe roves, And hears and tells the ftory of their loves, Alike they mourn, alike they blefs their fate, Since Love, which made them wretched, made them great. Nor longer that relentlefs doom bemoan, Which gain'da Virgil and an Addifon.
Pàgina 54 - for reafons either not known or not mentioned, he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thoufand pounds ; the accumulation of attentive parfimony, which, though to her fuperfluous and ufelefs, might have given great affiftance to the ancient family from which he defcended, at that time by the imprudence of his relation reduced to difficulties and diftrefs.
Pàgina 389 - Criticifm was for a while loft in wonder ; no rules of judgement were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when diftinctions came to be made, the part which gave leaft pleafure was that which defcribes the Flying I/land, and that which gave moft difguft muft be the hiftory of the
Pàgina 184 - chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to enquire ; but immediately feated himfelf with Sir Richard; the coachman was ordered to drive, and they hurried with the utmoft expedition to Hyde-Park Corner, where they
Pàgina 209 - upon that gentle" man, or remove any thing from us upon " him, or that we repine the more at our fate, " becaufe he has no participation of it: No, " my Lord ! For my part, I declare nothing *' could more foften my grief, than to be " without any companion in fo great a