The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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Pagina 50
... occasion ; sublimity is the general and prevailing quality of this poem ; sublimity variously modified , sometimes de- scriptive , sometimes argumentative . But these truths are too important to be new ; they have been taught to our ...
... occasion ; sublimity is the general and prevailing quality of this poem ; sublimity variously modified , sometimes de- scriptive , sometimes argumentative . But these truths are too important to be new ; they have been taught to our ...
Pagina 56
... occasion , like his attack upon the " bear and fiddle , " to expose the ridiculous ri- gour of the sectaries ; like his encounter with Sidrophel and Whachum , to make superstition and credulity contemptible ; or , like his recourse to ...
... occasion , like his attack upon the " bear and fiddle , " to expose the ridiculous ri- gour of the sectaries ; like his encounter with Sidrophel and Whachum , to make superstition and credulity contemptible ; or , like his recourse to ...
Pagina 57
... occasion prompted , texture , and those necessary changes , that the whole of a book may be tedious , though all the parts are praised . If inexhaustible wit could give perpetual pleasure , no eye would ever leave half - read the work ...
... occasion prompted , texture , and those necessary changes , that the whole of a book may be tedious , though all the parts are praised . If inexhaustible wit could give perpetual pleasure , no eye would ever leave half - read the work ...
Pagina 62
... occasion , presenting him to the Duke of Ormond , with great importunity pre- vailed with his Grace , that he might resign his post of captain of the guards to his friend ; which for about three years the gentleman en- the commission to ...
... occasion , presenting him to the Duke of Ormond , with great importunity pre- vailed with his Grace , that he might resign his post of captain of the guards to his friend ; which for about three years the gentleman en- the commission to ...
Pagina 71
... occasion entertained with them ; what such and such ladies of great hon- our , to whom , upon the credit of his wit and great reputation , he had been admitted , had spoke to him in their chambers upon the pro- ceedings in the Houses ...
... occasion entertained with them ; what such and such ladies of great hon- our , to whom , upon the credit of his wit and great reputation , he had been admitted , had spoke to him in their chambers upon the pro- ceedings in the Houses ...
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Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dorset Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax ment mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts nihil numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passage passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sent sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whigs write written wrote Young