The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... verses , and less qualified for business than Addison himself . This was surely said without cosideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of his own incapacity ; Prior , who was employed by ...
... verses , and less qualified for business than Addison himself . This was surely said without cosideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of his own incapacity ; Prior , who was employed by ...
Pagina 13
... verses , Occasional Poems , " Solomon : " His Tales have obtained general approbation , being written with great familiarity and great sprightliness ; the language is easy , but seldom gross , and the numbers smooth , without appearance ...
... verses , Occasional Poems , " Solomon : " His Tales have obtained general approbation , being written with great familiarity and great sprightliness ; the language is easy , but seldom gross , and the numbers smooth , without appearance ...
Pagina 19
... verse is order and consonance . His numbers are such as mere diligence may attain ; they seldom offend the ear , and seldom soothe it ; they commonly want airiness , lightness , and facility : what is smooth is not soft . His verses ...
... verse is order and consonance . His numbers are such as mere diligence may attain ; they seldom offend the ear , and seldom soothe it ; they commonly want airiness , lightness , and facility : what is smooth is not soft . His verses ...
Pagina 29
... verses are these : This said , no more remain'd . Th ' ethereal host Again impatient crowd the crystal coast . The father now , within his spacious hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And , having heav'd aloft ...
... verses are these : This said , no more remain'd . Th ' ethereal host Again impatient crowd the crystal coast . The father now , within his spacious hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And , having heav'd aloft ...
Pagina 30
... verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the most ...
... verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the most ...
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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