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The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers —
perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man
discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of
verses ...
The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers —
perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man
discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of
verses ...
Pagina 10
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson Henry Morley. This year (
1700 ) produced one of his longest and most splendid compositions , the “
Carmen Seculare , ” in which he exhausts all his powers of celebration . I mean
not to ...
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson Henry Morley. This year (
1700 ) produced one of his longest and most splendid compositions , the “
Carmen Seculare , ” in which he exhausts all his powers of celebration . I mean
not to ...
Pagina 11
The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of
poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals , and it would be
not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now ...
The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of
poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals , and it would be
not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now ...
Pagina 20
In a gay French company , where every one sang a little song or stanza , of which
the burden was Bannissons la Mélancolie , ” when it came to his turn to sing ,
after the performance of a young lady that sat next him , he produced these ...
In a gay French company , where every one sang a little song or stanza , of which
the burden was Bannissons la Mélancolie , ” when it came to his turn to sing ,
after the performance of a young lady that sat next him , he produced these ...
Pagina 25
Every couplet , when produced , is new , and novelty is the great source of
pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it ,
or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if
he ...
Every couplet , when produced , is new , and novelty is the great source of
pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it ,
or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if
he ...
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Addison affected afterwards allowed appear attention beauties began called censure character common considered copies criticism delight desire diligence discovered Dryden easily edition elegance English epigram epitaph equal Essay excellence expected express fame father faults favour formed friends gave genius give given hands Homer honour hope hundred Iliad judgment kind King knowledge known labour language learning less letter lines lived Lord manners mean mentioned mind nature never numbers observed once opinion original passages passed performance perhaps persons play pleased pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior produced published readers reason received remarks says seems sense sometimes soon success sufficient supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation true verses virtue volume wish write written wrote
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Volume 159 van Cassell's national library |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Henry Morley |
| Uitgever | Cassell, 1892 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | University of Iowa |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 4 jan 2016 |
| Lengte | 192 pagina's |
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