The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets. With an Account of Their Writings, Volume 2 |
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... fuch Men , at least very obfcurely : And indeed Poetry of all Arts is the most perfect , for the Perfection the of other Arts is limited , but this of Poefy has no Bounds : So that ' tis no wonder that many Perfons fhould find fuch ...
... fuch Men , at least very obfcurely : And indeed Poetry of all Arts is the most perfect , for the Perfection the of other Arts is limited , but this of Poefy has no Bounds : So that ' tis no wonder that many Perfons fhould find fuch ...
Page xxi
... fuch Conftraints , oftentimes lofes both its Spirit and Grace . ; But however the Poet's Fancy and Wit fhould be kept within due Bounds ; and there is not a greater Hinderance to the Epick or Heroick Poem , than a Wit too vaft for fuch ...
... fuch Conftraints , oftentimes lofes both its Spirit and Grace . ; But however the Poet's Fancy and Wit fhould be kept within due Bounds ; and there is not a greater Hinderance to the Epick or Heroick Poem , than a Wit too vaft for fuch ...
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... fuch as are boundlefs as its own Numbers . • Satire is very different from either of the Poems aforemention'd , the chief Defign of it being to find fault : And this is the eafieft kind of Wit . A little Wit , and a great deal of Ill ...
... fuch as are boundlefs as its own Numbers . • Satire is very different from either of the Poems aforemention'd , the chief Defign of it being to find fault : And this is the eafieft kind of Wit . A little Wit , and a great deal of Ill ...
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... fuch as proceed from a true Genius of Poetry the Critick ought to pass his Judgment in favour of the Aus thor'Tis malicious tocavil at fmall . Failings , from , which the Greateft ftandis not exempted : And Horace gives it as a Rule ...
... fuch as proceed from a true Genius of Poetry the Critick ought to pass his Judgment in favour of the Aus thor'Tis malicious tocavil at fmall . Failings , from , which the Greateft ftandis not exempted : And Horace gives it as a Rule ...
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... ( fuch is the Catastrophe of fome of our English Monarchs ) two hopeful Princes were inhumanly murther'd by the Ufurper Richard ; but the Tragedy of his Reign was compleated in his own ignominious Death , at the Battle of Bofworth . Sir ...
... ( fuch is the Catastrophe of fome of our English Monarchs ) two hopeful Princes were inhumanly murther'd by the Ufurper Richard ; but the Tragedy of his Reign was compleated in his own ignominious Death , at the Battle of Bofworth . Sir ...
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Page 198 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 104 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 255 - To his friends' pity, and pursuers' scorn, With shame remembers while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Thence to the coverts and the conscious groves, The scenes of his past triumphs and his loves.
Page 147 - Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Page 196 - Sidney rais'd his Gratuity to Two Hundred Pounds, and commanded the Steward to give it immediately, lest as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole Estate.
Page 144 - I'd in pleasure, ease, and plenty live. And as I near approach'd the verge of life, Some kind relation (for I'd have no wife) Should take upon him all my worldly care, Whilst I did for a better state prepare.
Page 257 - But free and common as the sea or wind; When he to boast or to disperse his stores Full of the tributes of his grateful shores, Visits the world, and in his flying towers Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours; Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants.
Page 105 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hallowed feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit...
Page 174 - His behaviour was easy and courteous to all ; but distinguished and adapted to each man in particular, according to his station and quality. His civility was free from the formality of rule, and flowed immediately from his good sense.
Page 276 - He kept up his good" humour to the laft ; and took leave of " his wife and friends, immediately before " his laft agony, with the fame tranquillity " of mind, and the fame indifference for " life, as though he had been upon taking " but a fhort journey. He was twice mar" ried, firft to a daughter of Mr.