The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Waller. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonC. 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 - English poetry - 503 pages |
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... fhew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a fhop or on the Ex- change has never been difcovered . Both pa- rents were papists . Pope was from his birth of a conftitu ...
... fhew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a fhop or on the Ex- change has never been difcovered . Both pa- rents were papists . Pope was from his birth of a conftitu ...
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... fhew , with fufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself , easily ima- gines that he fhall please others . Sir Wil- liam Trumbal , who had been ambaffador at Conftantinople , and secretary of state ...
... fhew , with fufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself , easily ima- gines that he fhall please others . Sir Wil- liam Trumbal , who had been ambaffador at Conftantinople , and secretary of state ...
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... fhew it ; and , with the ufual procefs of literary transac- tions , the author , dreading a furreptitious edition , was forced to publish it . The event is faid to have been fuch as was defired ; the pacification and diverfion of all to ...
... fhew it ; and , with the ufual procefs of literary transac- tions , the author , dreading a furreptitious edition , was forced to publish it . The event is faid to have been fuch as was defired ; the pacification and diverfion of all to ...
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... fhew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of paint- ing . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kindness and esteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a verfion into modern ...
... fhew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of paint- ing . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kindness and esteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a verfion into modern ...
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... fhew him by an easy com- putation the termination of his labour . His own diffidence was not his only vexa- tion . He that asks a fubfcription foon finds that he has enemies . All who do not en- courage him defame him . He that wants ...
... fhew him by an easy com- putation the termination of his labour . His own diffidence was not his only vexa- tion . He that asks a fubfcription foon finds that he has enemies . All who do not en- courage him defame him . He that wants ...
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Page 353 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 171 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
Page 120 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 185 - 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 485 - 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 125 - Man, of which he has given this account to Dr. Swift. March 25, 1736. If ever I write any more Epistles in verse one of them shall be addressed to you. I have long concerted it, and begun it; but I would make what bears your name as finished as my last work ought to be, that is to say, more finished than any of the rest. The subject is large, and will divide into four Epistles, which naturally follow the Essay on Man, viz.
Page 172 - 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 55 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, 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 every mountain's head...
Page 238 - Yet softer honours, and less noisy fame, Attend the shade of gentle Buckingham : In whom a race, for courage fam'd and art, Ends in the milder merit of the heart : And, chiefs or sages long to Britain given, Pays the last tribute of a saint to Heaven.
Page 291 - But his devotional poetry is, like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition, and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.