The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the fuccef- fion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have fol- lowed Langbaine ...
... defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the fuccef- fion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have fol- lowed Langbaine ...
Pàgina 2
... defire of man to propagate a wonder . It is furely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its ...
... defire of man to propagate a wonder . It is furely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its ...
Pàgina 6
... defire of pleafing has in different men produced actions of heroifm , and effufions of wit ; but it seems as rea- fonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have ...
... defire of pleafing has in different men produced actions of heroifm , and effufions of wit ; but it seems as rea- fonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have ...
Pàgina 10
... defire had been for fome days paft , and did ftill very vehemently con- tinue , to retire himself to fome of the American plantations , and to forfake this world for ever . " From the obloquy which the appearance of fub- miffion to the ...
... defire had been for fome days paft , and did ftill very vehemently con- tinue , to retire himself to fome of the American plantations , and to forfake this world for ever . " From the obloquy which the appearance of fub- miffion to the ...
Pàgina 15
... had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
... had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
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Æneid againſt anſwer appears becauſe cenfured Charles Dryden compofition confidered converfation Cowley criticifm defign defire delight diſcovered Donne Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh expreffed expreffions fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure genius himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden juft King labour laft leaft learning leaſt lefs lines Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reafon reft Regifter reprefented rhyme ſeems thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tragedy tranflation univerfity uſed verfe verfification verſes Virgil Waller whofe write written