The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1801 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 41.
Pàgina 7
... better than what I have per- " formed on any other . As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with clo- " cution . " It is written in quatrains , or heroic ftanzas of four ...
... better than what I have per- " formed on any other . As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with clo- " cution . " It is written in quatrains , or heroic ftanzas of four ...
Pàgina 11
... better for being backed , or having a " load upon his back . So that here is gilding by conforming , fmiling , lightning , backing , and thun- dering . The whole is as if I fhould fay thus : " I will make my counterfeit fmiles look like ...
... better for being backed , or having a " load upon his back . So that here is gilding by conforming , fmiling , lightning , backing , and thun- dering . The whole is as if I fhould fay thus : " I will make my counterfeit fmiles look like ...
Pàgina 15
... better what his is : " Great Boy , thy tragedy and fculptures done , " From prefs and plates , in fleets do homeward run : " And in ridiculous and humble pride , " Their courfe in ballad - fingers ' baskets guide , " Whofe greafy twigs ...
... better what his is : " Great Boy , thy tragedy and fculptures done , " From prefs and plates , in fleets do homeward run : " And in ridiculous and humble pride , " Their courfe in ballad - fingers ' baskets guide , " Whofe greafy twigs ...
Pàgina 20
... better fortune , I'll appear " With 66 open arms , loofe veil , and flowing hair , Juft flying forward from my rowling fphere . } " I wonder , if he be fo ftrict , how he dares make " fo bold with sphere himself , and be fo critical in ...
... better fortune , I'll appear " With 66 open arms , loofe veil , and flowing hair , Juft flying forward from my rowling fphere . } " I wonder , if he be fo ftrict , how he dares make " fo bold with sphere himself , and be fo critical in ...
Pàgina 38
... better way could be found than they had taken , though Fanfhaw , Denham , Waller , and Cowley , had tried to give examples of a different practice . In 1681 , Dryden became yet more confpicuous by uniting politicks with poetry , in the ...
... better way could be found than they had taken , though Fanfhaw , Denham , Waller , and Cowley , had tried to give examples of a different practice . In 1681 , Dryden became yet more confpicuous by uniting politicks with poetry , in the ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1801 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1857 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Addifon Æneid afterwards againſt almoft becauſe Cato cenfure character Charles Dryden compofitions confidered converfation criticifm criticks defign defire difcovered Dryden duke eafily eafy earl Effay elegant English faid fame fatire favour fays fcenes fecond feems feen feldom fent fentence fentiments feven fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftage ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fure genius Hiftory himſelf houfe inftruction intereft John Dryden Juba judgement juft Juvenal king laft leaft lefs lord lord Halifax mafter Marriage à-la-mode moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never obferved occafion paffages paffed paffions perfon perhaps play pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed racters raiſed reafon reft reprefented rhyme Sempronius Steele Syphax Tatler thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought tragedy tranflated Tyrannick Love verfes verfion Virgil Whig whofe worfe write written