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 5
... what is believed is confidently told . Dryden had been more ac- customed to hoftilities , than that fuch enemies fhould break his quiet ; and if we can suppose * Spence . B 3 him him vexed , it would be hard to deny him PRIO R.
... what is believed is confidently told . Dryden had been more ac- customed to hoftilities , than that fuch enemies fhould break his quiet ; and if we can suppose * Spence . B 3 him him vexed , it would be hard to deny him PRIO R.
Pàgina 18
... told them , that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was abfent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accufation against either . " Could any thing be more abfurd ...
... told them , that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was abfent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accufation against either . " Could any thing be more abfurd ...
Pàgina 19
... told by Walpole , that the committee were not fatisfied with his behaviour , nor could give fuch an account of it to the Com- mons as might merit favour ; and that they now thought a stricter confinement neceffary than to his own house ...
... told by Walpole , that the committee were not fatisfied with his behaviour , nor could give fuch an account of it to the Com- mons as might merit favour ; and that they now thought a stricter confinement neceffary than to his own house ...
Pàgina 25
... told . He was however , in Pope's opinion , fit only to make verfes , and lefs qualified for business than Addison himself . This was furely faid without confideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra- dation ...
... told . He was however , in Pope's opinion , fit only to make verfes , and lefs qualified for business than Addison himself . This was furely faid without confideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra- dation ...
Pàgina 32
... despicable is the long tale told by Lewis in his despair , of Brute and Troynovante , and the teeth of Cadmus , with his fimilies of the raven and eagle , and wolf and and lion . By the help of such easy fictions 32 PRIO R.
... despicable is the long tale told by Lewis in his despair , of Brute and Troynovante , and the teeth of Cadmus , with his fimilies of the raven and eagle , and wolf and and lion . By the help of such easy fictions 32 PRIO R.
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ... Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1781 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ... Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1794 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Addiſon afferted affiftance afterwards againſt amuſements anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt cenfure confidered converfation death deferve defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcover Dunciad eaſily endeavoured faid fame fatire favour fays fecure feems feldom fent fentiments fhew fhould firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport fure himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe intereft Ireland kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel ment mifery moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity nefs never obferved occafion Orrery paffed paffion perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe preſent profe promiſe propofed publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen racter raiſed reaſon refentment refolution refuſed Savage ſay ſcheme ſeems ſeveral ſhe ſome ſtate ſtill ſuppoſed Swift tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion Tyrconnel uſed utmoſt verfes verſes vifit virtue Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote
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.