Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonC. Bathurst ... [and 35 others], 1781 - English poetry |
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... easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of fourteen in Windsor Foreft . Next year he was defirous of opening to himself new fources of knowledge , by mak- ing himself acquainted with modern lan- guages ; and removed for a time ...
... easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of fourteen in Windsor Foreft . Next year he was defirous of opening to himself new fources of knowledge , by mak- ing himself acquainted with modern lan- guages ; and removed for a time ...
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... easily ima- gines that he shall please others . Sir Wil- liam Trumbal , who had been ambassador at Conftantinople , and secretary of state , when he retired from bufinefs , fixed his refidence in the neighbourhood of Binfield . Pope ...
... easily ima- gines that he shall please others . Sir Wil- liam Trumbal , who had been ambassador at Conftantinople , and secretary of state , when he retired from bufinefs , fixed his refidence in the neighbourhood of Binfield . Pope ...
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... easily perceived , nor how his perfon is depreciated ; but he feems to have known fomething of Pope's character , in whom may be discovered VOL . IV . C an an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues POPE . 17.
... easily perceived , nor how his perfon is depreciated ; but he feems to have known fomething of Pope's character , in whom may be discovered VOL . IV . C an an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues POPE . 17.
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... easily give a reafon . It is poffible , fays Hooker , that by long circumduction , from any one truth all truth may be inferred . Of all homogeneous truths at least , of all truths respecting the fame general end , in whatever , feries ...
... easily give a reafon . It is poffible , fays Hooker , that by long circumduction , from any one truth all truth may be inferred . Of all homogeneous truths at least , of all truths respecting the fame general end , in whatever , feries ...
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... easily be found . The fuperiority of Pope is fo ingeniously diffembled , and the feeble lines of Philips fo fkilfully preferred , that Steele , being deceived , was unwilling to print the paper lest Pope should be offended . Addison ...
... easily be found . The fuperiority of Pope is fo ingeniously diffembled , and the feeble lines of Philips fo fkilfully preferred , that Steele , being deceived , was unwilling to print the paper lest Pope should be offended . Addison ...
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Addiſon addreffed afterwards againſt almoſt anſwer appear aſked becauſe beſt Bolingbroke cenfure character compofitions confidered criticiſm criticks defign defire diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eaſily Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph Eſſay fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fent fentiments fhall fhew firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftanzas ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely higheſt himſelf hiſtory honour houſe Iliad increaſe juſt kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs Letters Lord Lyttelton Mallet maſter mind moſt muſt never Night Thoughts numbers obferved occafion paffages paffed paffion perfon perfuaded perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon ſay ſcenes ſchool ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſtate ſtill ſtudy theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflation univerfal unkle uſed verfe verfion verſes whofe whoſe wiſh write written Young
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Page 169 - In acquired knowledge, the superiority must be allowed to Dryden, whose education was more scholastic, and who, before he became an author, had been allowed more time for study, with better means of information. His mind has a larger range, and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Page 118 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 346 - The pleasure of Shenstone was all in his eye : he valued what he valued merely for its looks; nothing raised his indignation more than to ask if there were any fishes in his water* His house was mean, and he did not improve it; his care was of his grounds.
Page 222 - In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; ' *. Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 324 - He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian...
Page 270 - He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet, the eye that distinguishes in...
Page 483 - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
Page 183 - Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long; The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground.
Page 170 - 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. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller.
Page 122 - For this reason this joint production of three great writers has never obtained any notice from mankind; it has been little read, or when read has been forgotten, as no man could be wiser, better, or merrier, by remembering it. The design cannot boast of much originality; for, besides its general resemblance to Don Quixote, there will be found in it particular imitations of the History of Mr.