The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies ...C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... thing . He wrote it when he was very young ; and , as such , gave the characters of some of our best poets in it only by hearsay . Thus , his character of Chaucer is diametrically opposite to the truth ; he blames him for want of humour ...
... thing . He wrote it when he was very young ; and , as such , gave the characters of some of our best poets in it only by hearsay . Thus , his character of Chaucer is diametrically opposite to the truth ; he blames him for want of humour ...
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... thing of it . He had his masters generally at supper with him , kept very little company beside , and had no amour whilst there that I know of ; and I think I should have known it if he had had any . " It must have been before his going ...
... thing of it . He had his masters generally at supper with him , kept very little company beside , and had no amour whilst there that I know of ; and I think I should have known it if he had had any . " It must have been before his going ...
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... thing we hear of him is his engagement by Godolphin , on the recommendation of Lord Halifax , to celebrate the victory of Blenheim , gained in August , 1704 , which produced his poem en- titled The Campaign , ' published in the end of ...
... thing we hear of him is his engagement by Godolphin , on the recommendation of Lord Halifax , to celebrate the victory of Blenheim , gained in August , 1704 , which produced his poem en- titled The Campaign , ' published in the end of ...
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... thing than it really was ; but there can be no doubt whatever , for all that , that he was a sincere and zealous friend both to morality and re- ligion . He had his weaknesses , like all men ; and in some respects , he even led a ...
... thing than it really was ; but there can be no doubt whatever , for all that , that he was a sincere and zealous friend both to morality and re- ligion . He had his weaknesses , like all men ; and in some respects , he even led a ...
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... things , and awakening a pleasurable sense of the ludicrous probably in a larger number and greater variety of minds ... thing now for any one to give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison , ” as Johnson recommends , whatever ...
... things , and awakening a pleasurable sense of the ludicrous probably in a larger number and greater variety of minds ... thing now for any one to give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison , ” as Johnson recommends , whatever ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance Addison Admiral afterwards Anecdotes appears appointed apprentice Arian Austhorpe became called character church Churchill circumstances conduct court daughter Dean death Dryden Dublin Duke Dunciad Earl Eddystone Lighthouse edition England English entitled father favour fortune French Gate of Calais Halley Harlot's Progress Hogarth honour House humour Industry and Idleness Ireland king King's Inns labour lady Leibnitz letter lighthouse lived London Lord Marlborough married matter minister Moor Park mother never Newton observations pamphlet paper parliament party Penn perhaps person picture poem poet political Pope Pope's Prince Principia printed probably published queen racter Rake's Progress remarkable Royal Society satire says scene seems sent Sir George Murray Smeaton soon Steele Stella Swift Tatler things thought tion told Spence took verse volume Walpole Whig Whiston William woman Wren writings written wrote young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 20 - With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Seite 140 - A TRUE RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF ONE MRS VEAL THE NEXT DAY AFTER HER DEATH TO ONE MRS BARGRAVE AT CANTERBURY, THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 1705...
Seite 135 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Seite 26 - But why then publish? Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write; Well-natured Garth inflamed with early praise; And Congreve loved, and Swift endured my lays; The courtly Talbot, Somers, Sheffield read; Ev'n mitred Rochester would nod the head, And St. John's self (great Dryden's friends before) With open arms received one poet more.
Seite 18 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walked innoxious through his age.
Seite 105 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen; but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Seite 149 - Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah ; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Seite 144 - Till kings call forth the ideas of your mind, (Proud to accomplish what such hands design'd) Bid harbours open, public ways extend, Bid temples worthier of the God ascend, Bid the broad arch the dangerous flood contain, The mole projected break the roaring main ; Back to his bounds their subject sea command, And roll obedient rivers through the land : These honours peace to happy Britain brings; These are imperial works, and worthy kings.
Seite 125 - No more — no more — oh ! never more on me The freshness of the heart can fall like dew, Which out of all the lovely things we see Extracts emotions beautiful and new, Hived in our bosoms like the bag o' the bee, Think'st thou the honey with those objects grew?
Seite 80 - The particulars expected of me are what relate to morals and learning, and the reasons of quitting your honour's family, that is, whether the last was occasioned by any ill actions. They are all left entirely to your honour's mercy, though in the first I think I cannot reproach myself any farther than for infirmities...