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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... languages . I have read of a man , who being , by his ignorance of Greek , compelled to gratify his curiofity with the Latin printed on the oppofite page , declared that from the rude fimplicity of the lines literally rendered , he ...
... languages . I have read of a man , who being , by his ignorance of Greek , compelled to gratify his curiofity with the Latin printed on the oppofite page , declared that from the rude fimplicity of the lines literally rendered , he ...
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... language ; but those who read it did not talk of it . Not much therefore was added by it to fame or envy ; nor do I remember that it produced either publick praise , or publick cenfure . It had however , in fome degree , the recom ...
... language ; but those who read it did not talk of it . Not much therefore was added by it to fame or envy ; nor do I remember that it produced either publick praise , or publick cenfure . It had however , in fome degree , the recom ...
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... language , and , if fuffered to remain without notice , would have been very foon forgotten . Pope had now been enough acquainted with human life to know , if his paffion had not been too powerful for his understanding , that , from a ...
... language , and , if fuffered to remain without notice , would have been very foon forgotten . Pope had now been enough acquainted with human life to know , if his paffion had not been too powerful for his understanding , that , from a ...
Page 133
... language . The sketch is , at least in part , preferved by Ruffhead ; by which it appears , that Pope was thoughtless enough to model the names of his heroes with difcordant terminations not known in the fame age . He lingered through ...
... language . The sketch is , at least in part , preferved by Ruffhead ; by which it appears , that Pope was thoughtless enough to model the names of his heroes with difcordant terminations not known in the fame age . He lingered through ...
Page 167
... language had in his mind a syste- matical arrangement ; having always the fame ufe for words , he had words fo felected and combined as to be ready at his call . This increase of facility he confeffed himself to have perceived in the ...
... language had in his mind a syste- matical arrangement ; having always the fame ufe for words , he had words fo felected and combined as to be ready at his call . This increase of facility he confeffed himself to have perceived in the ...
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Addiſon addreffed afterwards againſt almoſt appear aſked becauſe beſt Bolingbroke cauſe cenfure character compofition confequence confiderable confidered criticiſm criticks deferves defign defire diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eaſily Edward Young Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph Eſſay fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fhall fhew fhort fhould firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely greateſt higheſt himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters Lord Lyttelton Mallet maſter mind moſt muſt never Night Thoughts numbers obferved occafion paffages paffed paffion perfons perfuaded perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon ſay ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion tranflation univerfally unkle uſed verfe verfion verſes whofe whoſe wiſh write written Young
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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.