Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-3 van 49
Pagina 136
... Earl's Croomb in Worcester- shire , an eminent justice of the peace . In his service he had not only leisure for study , but for recreation : his amuse- ments were musick and painting ; and the reward of his pencil was the friendship of ...
... Earl's Croomb in Worcester- shire , an eminent justice of the peace . In his service he had not only leisure for study , but for recreation : his amuse- ments were musick and painting ; and the reward of his pencil was the friendship of ...
Pagina 155
... earl of Strafford . He was born in Ireland , during the lieutenancy of Strafford , who , being both his uncle and his godfather , gave him his own surname . His father , the third earl of Roscommon , had been converted by Usher to the ...
... earl of Strafford . He was born in Ireland , during the lieutenancy of Strafford , who , being both his uncle and his godfather , gave him his own surname . His father , the third earl of Roscommon , had been converted by Usher to the ...
Pagina 455
... earl of Northumberland censured as at least indecent , and his objection was allowed . He had a quarrel with the earl of Rochester , which he has perhaps too ostenta- tiously related , as Rochester's surviving sister , the lady Sandwich ...
... earl of Northumberland censured as at least indecent , and his objection was allowed . He had a quarrel with the earl of Rochester , which he has perhaps too ostenta- tiously related , as Rochester's surviving sister , the lady Sandwich ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse Cato censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden duke Earl elegance endeavoured English excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick honour Hudibras images imagination imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived lord Lord Conway Lord Roscommon Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost passages passions performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise produced publick published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue Waller Whig words write written wrote