The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 94
... remarkable . The preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellences of Mr. Theo- philus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to read without snatching the play out of ...
... remarkable . The preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellences of Mr. Theo- philus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to read without snatching the play out of ...
Pagina 110
... Lord Tyrconnel , not only in the first lines , but in a formal dedication filled with the highest strains of panegyric , and the warmest professions of gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of 110 SAVAGE .
... Lord Tyrconnel , not only in the first lines , but in a formal dedication filled with the highest strains of panegyric , and the warmest professions of gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of 110 SAVAGE .
Pagina 111
Samuel Johnson. gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of connexion or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to retract , being discarded by the man on whom he had bestowed them , and ...
Samuel Johnson. gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of connexion or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to retract , being discarded by the man on whom he had bestowed them , and ...
Pagina 113
... remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melody of the numbers , but for the agreeable fiction upon which it is formed . Mirth , overwhelmed with sorrow for the sickness of her favourite , takes a flight in quest of ...
... remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melody of the numbers , but for the agreeable fiction upon which it is formed . Mirth , overwhelmed with sorrow for the sickness of her favourite , takes a flight in quest of ...
Pagina 118
... remarkable for the vivacious sallies of thought in the beginning , where he makes a pompous enumeration of the imaginary advantages of base birth ; and the pathetic sentiments at the end , where he re- counts the real calamities which ...
... remarkable for the vivacious sallies of thought in the beginning , where he makes a pompous enumeration of the imaginary advantages of base birth ; and the pathetic sentiments at the end , where he re- counts the real calamities which ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt conversation criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Johnson's Lives kind King known labour Lady learning letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lyttelton mankind mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once opinion Orrery panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racters reader reason received reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young