The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, Band 4R. Griffiths, 1753 - 356 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 8
Seite 53
... likewise so pure , that our language knows no higher authority , and there is an air of original in his minuteft performances . It would be fuperfluous to give any detail of his poems , they are in the hands of all who love poetry , and ...
... likewise so pure , that our language knows no higher authority , and there is an air of original in his minuteft performances . It would be fuperfluous to give any detail of his poems , they are in the hands of all who love poetry , and ...
Seite 114
... likewise appointed him his fecretary His next appearance as a writer , was in the office of Gazetteer , in which he obferves in the fame apology for himself , he worked faith- fully , according to order , without ever erring against the ...
... likewise appointed him his fecretary His next appearance as a writer , was in the office of Gazetteer , in which he obferves in the fame apology for himself , he worked faith- fully , according to order , without ever erring against the ...
Seite 117
... likewise put into the commiffion of the peace for the county of Middlefex ; and in April 1715 received the ho- nour of knighthood from his majefty . In the first parliament His expulfion was owing to the spleen of the then pre- vailing ...
... likewise put into the commiffion of the peace for the county of Middlefex ; and in April 1715 received the ho- nour of knighthood from his majefty . In the first parliament His expulfion was owing to the spleen of the then pre- vailing ...
Seite 170
... as the laft effort of his revenge . As the plan of this play is regular , fimple , and interefting , fo are the fentiments no lefs mafterly , and and the characters graphically diftinguished . It contains likewise many 170 The LIFE of.
... as the laft effort of his revenge . As the plan of this play is regular , fimple , and interefting , fo are the fentiments no lefs mafterly , and and the characters graphically diftinguished . It contains likewise many 170 The LIFE of.
Seite 171
... likewise many beautiful ftrokes of poetry . When Narbal , a lord of the queen's party , gives an account to Flaminius the Roman general , of the queen's parting with her fon ; he fays , A while the flood , Transform'd by grief to marble ...
... likewise many beautiful ftrokes of poetry . When Narbal , a lord of the queen's party , gives an account to Flaminius the Roman general , of the queen's parting with her fon ; he fays , A while the flood , Transform'd by grief to marble ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acted Addifon addreffed againſt alfo Andrew Marvel anfwer befides character circumftances Comedy confequently confiderable Congreve converfation death defign defire Dennis difcovered duchefs duke duke of Wharton Dunciad earl eftate efteem expofed faid fame fatire favour fays fcenes fecond feems fenfe fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft fome foon foul fpirit ftage ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered genius gentleman grace greateſt Heav'n Herod Hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe inftance intereft John Vanbrugh juft King lady laft lefs letter likewife lived lord lord Bolingbroke mafter Majefty Mariamne moft moſt mufic muft never numbers obferves occafion paffion perfon piece Pindaric play pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Poem poet poetry Pope prefent profe publiſhed racter raiſed reafon refpect reprefented Roger Manley ſhall ſhe Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Theatre thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfes vifit Whig whofe wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 12 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Seite 193 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Seite 236 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and...
Seite 236 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Seite 116 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Seite 106 - Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Seite 105 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to inquire ; but immediately seated himself with Sir Richard.
Seite 161 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Seite 111 - any, not the remotest relation to public matters, nor correspondence with the persons then predominant, until the year 1657 ; when indeed I entered into an employment, for which I was not altogether improper, and which I considered to be the most innocent and inoffensive towards his majesty's affairs, of any in that usurped and irregular government, to which all men were then exposed.
Seite 236 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.