The Guardian: With a Biographical, Historical, and Critical Preface by the Rev. Rob. Lynam, Volume 1Cowie, Low, 1826 |
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... critics of that time : as they well deserved , they were read with admiration , and many praises were bestowed upon them and upon the Pre- face , which is both elegant and learned in a high degree : they were , however , not published ...
... critics of that time : as they well deserved , they were read with admiration , and many praises were bestowed upon them and upon the Pre- face , which is both elegant and learned in a high degree : they were , however , not published ...
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... Criticism ; " a work which displays such extent of comprehension , such nicety of distinction , such acquaintance with mankind , and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning , as are not often attained by the maturest age and ...
... Criticism ; " a work which displays such extent of comprehension , such nicety of distinction , such acquaintance with mankind , and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning , as are not often attained by the maturest age and ...
Page xxv
... criticism . About this time he published the " Temple of Fame , " which , as he tells Steele in their correspondence , he had written two years before ; that is , when he was only twenty- two years old ; an early time of life for so ...
... criticism . About this time he published the " Temple of Fame , " which , as he tells Steele in their correspondence , he had written two years before ; that is , when he was only twenty- two years old ; an early time of life for so ...
Page xxvii
... criticism , and literature , to which nothing equal will easily be found . The superiority of Pope is so ingeniously dissembled , and the feeble lines of Philips so skilfully preferred , that Steele , being deceived , was unwilling to ...
... criticism , and literature , to which nothing equal will easily be found . The superiority of Pope is so ingeniously dissembled , and the feeble lines of Philips so skilfully preferred , that Steele , being deceived , was unwilling to ...
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... criticism ; and both in such a state of elevation , that , like the two rivals in the Roman state , one could no longer bear an equal , nor the other a superior . Of the gradual abatement of kindness between friends , the beginning is ...
... criticism ; and both in such a state of elevation , that , like the two rivals in the Roman state , one could no longer bear an equal , nor the other a superior . Of the gradual abatement of kindness between friends , the beginning is ...
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Page 200 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 231 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page xvi - THE Muse," disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme, In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame ; — In happy climes, where, from the genial sun And virgin earth, such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true ; — In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules ; Where men shall not impose, for truth and sense, The pedantry
Page 242 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle...
Page 200 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 338 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, "Ha, ha!" and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page lx - What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply.
Page 344 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 164 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page lvii - Pope had likewise^ genius; a mind active, ambitious, and adventurous, always investigating, always aspiring; in its widest searches still longing to go forward, in its highest flights still wishing to be higher; always imagining something greater than it knows, always endeavouring more than it can do.