Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently ...
... earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently ...
Pàgina 10
... Earl of Dor- set : His faults brought their excuse with them , and his very fail- ings had their beauties . ' Eng . Poets , xxxii . 133 . 2 Post , SMITH , 53 . 3 Post , SMITH , 54 , 66 ; Rowe , 16 . 4 ' He was an excellent classic ...
... Earl of Dor- set : His faults brought their excuse with them , and his very fail- ings had their beauties . ' Eng . Poets , xxxii . 133 . 2 Post , SMITH , 53 . 3 Post , SMITH , 54 , 66 ; Rowe , 16 . 4 ' He was an excellent classic ...
Pàgina 14
... Earl , was Secretary of State . For the first Earl see Macaulay's Hist . i . 256 . * Burton wrote more than twenty years after Smith's death : - ' He was , and is still , commonly known by the name of Captain Rag . ' Genuineness , & c ...
... Earl , was Secretary of State . For the first Earl see Macaulay's Hist . i . 256 . * Burton wrote more than twenty years after Smith's death : - ' He was , and is still , commonly known by the name of Captain Rag . ' Genuineness , & c ...
Pàgina 22
... Earl of Rochester , assisted by Dr. Aldrich and Bishop Sprat ) , ' in ac- cordance with the discretion given them by Clarendon's will , softened I ' Pro Flacco , animo paulo atten- tiore , scripsissem Marone . SMITH . 2 Pembroke College ...
... Earl of Rochester , assisted by Dr. Aldrich and Bishop Sprat ) , ' in ac- cordance with the discretion given them by Clarendon's will , softened I ' Pro Flacco , animo paulo atten- tiore , scripsissem Marone . SMITH . 2 Pembroke College ...
Pàgina 24
... Earl of Clarendon , the Earl of Shaftesbury , and the Duke of Buckingham , and a laudation of the Duke of York . Eng . Poets , xxv . 133 . 8 Fifteen Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions , 1714. His preach- ing had been commended by ...
... Earl of Clarendon , the Earl of Shaftesbury , and the Duke of Buckingham , and a laudation of the Duke of York . Eng . Poets , xxv . 133 . 8 Fifteen Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions , 1714. His preach- ing had been commended by ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 150 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Pàgina 276 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.
Pàgina 34 - ... a true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king...
Pàgina 146 - Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them.
Pàgina 149 - His prose is the model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour.
Pàgina 230 - Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen— Leon. Hark! Aim No, all is hush'd, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.
Pàgina 434 - Savage did not exempt him; or if those who in confidence of superior capacities or attainments disregard the common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Pàgina 117 - Lord Warwick was a young man of very irregular life, and perhaps of loose opinions. Addison, for whom he did not want respect, had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life near its end, he directed the young Lord to be called; and when he desired, with great tenderness, to hear his last injunctions, told him, I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die.
Pàgina 253 - The incessant attacks of his enemies, whether serious or merry, are never discovered to have disturbed his quiet, or to have lessened his confidence in himself.
Pàgina 249 - Blackmore led him to gratify, and he produced (1721) a new Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches...