The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 |
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Pàgina xi
... fhall only ob- ferve , that * Rapin , the critick , allows our genius for tragedy fuperior to that of all other nations . Sir William Temple fays of our comick wit , That there is no vein of that fort , either ancient or modern , which ...
... fhall only ob- ferve , that * Rapin , the critick , allows our genius for tragedy fuperior to that of all other nations . Sir William Temple fays of our comick wit , That there is no vein of that fort , either ancient or modern , which ...
Pàgina xiv
... fhall not object to fome mistakes he has made concerning the compofition , or , as he calls it , the cadence of our verfe ; nor to others , concerning the antiquity of fome kinds of it , becaufe they have been obferved already . But it ...
... fhall not object to fome mistakes he has made concerning the compofition , or , as he calls it , the cadence of our verfe ; nor to others , concerning the antiquity of fome kinds of it , becaufe they have been obferved already . But it ...
Pàgina 8
... fhall be mark'd anon , for our not - hail , 4. That is already done . 3. It is a note Of upftart greatnefs , to obferve and watch For these poor trifles , which the noble mind Neglects and fcorns . 4. Ay , and they think themselves ...
... fhall be mark'd anon , for our not - hail , 4. That is already done . 3. It is a note Of upftart greatnefs , to obferve and watch For these poor trifles , which the noble mind Neglects and fcorns . 4. Ay , and they think themselves ...
Pàgina 12
... fhall amply joy in you . 2. How can renown enfue an act of shame . 1. No act hath any shame within itself , But in the knowledge and afcription . Chapman's Blind Beggar of Alexandria . Of every noble action , the intent Is to give worth ...
... fhall amply joy in you . 2. How can renown enfue an act of shame . 1. No act hath any shame within itself , But in the knowledge and afcription . Chapman's Blind Beggar of Alexandria . Of every noble action , the intent Is to give worth ...
Pàgina 18
... fhall I Make my adverfity my inftrument To wind me up into a full content . Beaumont's and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn . We fee , that trees bear no fuch pleasant fruit There where they firft grew , as where they are new fet ...
... fhall I Make my adverfity my inftrument To wind me up into a full content . Beaumont's and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn . We fee , that trees bear no fuch pleasant fruit There where they firft grew , as where they are new fet ...
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