The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . There are some passages too ludicrous ; but every human performance ...
... wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . There are some passages too ludicrous ; but every human performance ...
Pàgina 17
... wrote to an apothecary in the neighbourhood a prescription of a purge so forcible , that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it till he had given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradic- tion of a shopman ...
... wrote to an apothecary in the neighbourhood a prescription of a purge so forcible , that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it till he had given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradic- tion of a shopman ...
Pàgina 21
... wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George Prince of Denmark . He took orders ; and being made prebendary of Gloucester , became a proctor in convocation for that church , and chaplain to Queen Anne . In 1710 , he was ...
... wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George Prince of Denmark . He took orders ; and being made prebendary of Gloucester , became a proctor in convocation for that church , and chaplain to Queen Anne . In 1710 , he was ...
Pàgina 24
... who had a pleasant house called Mountown , near Dublin , to which King frequently retired ; delighting to neglect his interest , forget his cares , and desert his duty . Here he wrote Mully of Mountonn , a poem ; 24 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... who had a pleasant house called Mountown , near Dublin , to which King frequently retired ; delighting to neglect his interest , forget his cares , and desert his duty . Here he wrote Mully of Mountonn , a poem ; 24 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 25
... wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with some letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared , as a ...
... wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with some letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared , as a ...
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Pàgina 19 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
Pàgina 148 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Pàgina 163 - A New Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches...
Pàgina 222 - ... and relieved. Sir Richard Steele, having declared in his favour with all the ardour of benevolence which constituted his character, promoted his interest with the utmost zeal, related his misfortunes, applauded his merit, took all the opportunities of recommending him, and asserted, that J ' the inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father.
Pàgina 66 - The variable weather of the mind, the flying vapours of incipient madness, which from time to time cloud reason, without eclipsing it, it requires so much nicety to exhibit, that Addison seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own design.
Pàgina 104 - It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation ; yet if his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism.
Pàgina 88 - About things on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right ; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a representation of natural affections, or of any state probable or possible in human life. Nothing here excites or assuages emotion ; here is no magical power of raising fantastic terror or wild anxiety.
Pàgina 184 - Besides being acted in London sixty-three days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England ; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
Pàgina 30 - ... was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long, that he sat down to enjoy it, and rubbed his face with his handkerchief. When Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with the like animating hum ; but he stretched out his hand to the congregation, and cried, " Peace, peace, I pray you peace.
Pàgina 20 - At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions, such as are not often found — with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr 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.