Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 6-10 van 50
Pagina 253
... Johnson called " the bottomless Whigs " come into power . While the book was in the press , the prophecy was falsified ; and a Tory of the Tories , Mr. Southey's own favourite hero , won and wore that noblest wreath , " Ob cives ...
... Johnson called " the bottomless Whigs " come into power . While the book was in the press , the prophecy was falsified ; and a Tory of the Tories , Mr. Southey's own favourite hero , won and wore that noblest wreath , " Ob cives ...
Pagina 269
... realised a sum which enabled him to live in comfort and in perfect independence . Johnson extols him for the magnanimity which he showed in in- scribing MR . ROBERT MONTGOMERY'S POEMS . 269 MR ROBERT MONTGOMERY'S POEMS.
... realised a sum which enabled him to live in comfort and in perfect independence . Johnson extols him for the magnanimity which he showed in in- scribing MR . ROBERT MONTGOMERY'S POEMS . 269 MR ROBERT MONTGOMERY'S POEMS.
Pagina 307
... limits to which Alfieri confined himself . Yet such was the reverence of literary men during the last cen- tury for these unities that Johnson who , much to his honour , took the opposite side , was , as X 2 MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
... limits to which Alfieri confined himself . Yet such was the reverence of literary men during the last cen- tury for these unities that Johnson who , much to his honour , took the opposite side , was , as X 2 MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
Pagina 313
... Johnson completed his Lives of the Poets . He tells us in that work that , since the time of Dryden , English poetry had shown no tendency to relapse into its original savageness , that its language had been refined , its numbers tuned ...
... Johnson completed his Lives of the Poets . He tells us in that work that , since the time of Dryden , English poetry had shown no tendency to relapse into its original savageness , that its language had been refined , its numbers tuned ...
Pagina 321
... Johnson . It touches the Essay on Man at the one extremity , and the Excursion at the other . There are several parallel instances in literary his- tory . Voltaire , for example , was the connecting link between the France of Louis the ...
... Johnson . It touches the Essay on Man at the one extremity , and the Excursion at the other . There are several parallel instances in literary his- tory . Voltaire , for example , was the connecting link between the France of Louis the ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
admiration army authority beauty believe Boswell Buckinghamshire Bunyan called Catholic century character Charles Christian Church Church of England Clarendon conduct constitution contempt court crime Croker Cromwell dæmons death doctrine doubt effect eminent enemies England English evil executive government favour feeling genius Hallam Hampden honour House of Commons human interest Italy Jews Johnson King liberty literary lived Long Parliament Lord Byron Machiavelli manner means ment military Milton mind moral nation nature never noble opinion oppression Paradise Lost Parliament party passages passed passions persecution person Petition of Right Pilgrim's Progress poems poet poetry political Pope Prince principles produced Puritans racter readers reason reign religion respect Revolution Robert Montgomery says scarcely seems sophisms Southey Southey's spirit Strafford strong talents temper thing tion tyranny tyrant wealth Whigs whole writer