The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Ticknell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. BroomeC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 pàgines |
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Pàgina 9
... mind what he reprefents him in his verfes ; he confidered him as a hero , and was accuftomed to fay , that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating king William he fol- lowed his inclination . To Prior ...
... mind what he reprefents him in his verfes ; he confidered him as a hero , and was accuftomed to fay , that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating king William he fol- lowed his inclination . To Prior ...
Pàgina 35
... delights the mind with change of language and fucceffion of images ; every couplet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Per- haps D 2 haps no man ever thought a line fuperfluous when he PRIOR . 35.
... delights the mind with change of language and fucceffion of images ; every couplet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Per- haps D 2 haps no man ever thought a line fuperfluous when he PRIOR . 35.
Pàgina 36
... mind , without the intervention of any other speaker , or the mention of any other agent , un- lefs it be Abra ; and the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is ...
... mind , without the intervention of any other speaker , or the mention of any other agent , un- lefs it be Abra ; and the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is ...
Pàgina 50
... mind vigorous and acute , and furnished with co- mick characters by the perufal of other poets , without much actual commerce with mankind . The dialogue is one conftant reci- procation of conceits , or clafh of wit , in which nothing ...
... mind vigorous and acute , and furnished with co- mick characters by the perufal of other poets , without much actual commerce with mankind . The dialogue is one conftant reci- procation of conceits , or clafh of wit , in which nothing ...
Pàgina 61
... rather than divert , and raise ad- miration oftener than merriment . But they are the works of a mind replete with images , and quick in combination . Of * Of his miscellaneous poetry , I cannot say any CONGRÉ V É . 6f.
... rather than divert , and raise ad- miration oftener than merriment . But they are the works of a mind replete with images , and quick in combination . Of * Of his miscellaneous poetry , I cannot say any CONGRÉ V É . 6f.
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the 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...
Pàgina 63 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Pàgina 257 - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your Brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your Mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw : Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
Pàgina 378 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Pàgina 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Pàgina 132 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written; books of letters and...
Pàgina 128 - Captives, which he was invited to read before the Princess of Wales. When the hour came, he saw the Princess and her ladies all in expectation, and, advancing with reverence too great for any other attention, stumbled at a stool, and, falling forwards, threw down a weighty Japan screen. The Princess started, the ladies screamed, and poor Gay, after...
Pàgina 442 - How came you to leave all the great Lords, that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor Dean ? ' — Because we would rather see you than any of them.
Pàgina 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
Pàgina 132 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree 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.