The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1781 - English poetry |
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... gentleman of inferior condition . Having difcovered the correfpondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady determined to abide by her Own own choice , he fuppofed that feparation might do what 34 POPE .
... gentleman of inferior condition . Having difcovered the correfpondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady determined to abide by her Own own choice , he fuppofed that feparation might do what 34 POPE .
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Samuel Johnson. own choice , he fuppofed that feparation might do what can rarely be done by arguments , and fent her into a foreign country , where fhe was obliged to con- verfe only with thofe from whom her unkle had nothing to fear ...
Samuel Johnson. own choice , he fuppofed that feparation might do what can rarely be done by arguments , and fent her into a foreign country , where fhe was obliged to con- verfe only with thofe from whom her unkle had nothing to fear ...
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... fuppofed to have inhc- rited the opinion of her family . At its firft appearance it was termed by Addison merum fal . Pope , however , faw that it was capable of improve ment ; and having luckily contrived to borrow his machinery from ...
... fuppofed to have inhc- rited the opinion of her family . At its firft appearance it was termed by Addison merum fal . Pope , however , faw that it was capable of improve ment ; and having luckily contrived to borrow his machinery from ...
Page 48
... a painter : he tried however how far he could advance , and sometimes perfuaded his friends to fit . A picture of Betterton , fuppofed to be drawn by him , was in the poffef fion on of Lord Mansfield : if this was taken from 48 POPE .
... a painter : he tried however how far he could advance , and sometimes perfuaded his friends to fit . A picture of Betterton , fuppofed to be drawn by him , was in the poffef fion on of Lord Mansfield : if this was taken from 48 POPE .
Page 65
... com- piled with the affiftance of his merce- naries , could not be fuppofed to require more time than the text . According to this calculation , the progrefs of Pope E may may feem to have been flow ; but the distance РОРЕ . 65.
... com- piled with the affiftance of his merce- naries , could not be fuppofed to require more time than the text . According to this calculation , the progrefs of Pope E may may feem to have been flow ; but the distance РОРЕ . 65.
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Page 347 - As Gay was the favourite of our author, this epitaph was probably written with an uncommon degree of attention ; yet it is not more successfully executed than the rest, for it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labour.
Page 212 - His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help.
Page 256 - Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Page 246 - Of composition there are different methods. Some employ at once memory and invention, and, with little intermediate use of the pen, form and polish large masses by continued meditation, and write their productions only when, in their own opinion, they have completed them.
Page 76 - O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
Page 315 - To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past; let us...
Page 255 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Page 252 - ... none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
Page 85 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Page 252 - Thirty-eight; of which Dodsley told me, that they were brought to him by the author, that they might be fairly copied. "Almost every line...