Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Band 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 Seiten |
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... give pleasure ; but there is , in the whole , little either of the grace of wit , or the vigour of nature.5 5 The Diplomatic Correspondence of Stepney is now in the British Museum , but does not add anything to our knowledge of his ...
... give pleasure ; but there is , in the whole , little either of the grace of wit , or the vigour of nature.5 5 The Diplomatic Correspondence of Stepney is now in the British Museum , but does not add anything to our knowledge of his ...
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... give him for his poem of ' Cyder , ' in two books , forty guineas ; one hundred copies on large paper , and two dedication copies bound in Turkey leather . For a second edition he was to give him ten guineas . On the 24th January , 1707 ...
... give him for his poem of ' Cyder , ' in two books , forty guineas ; one hundred copies on large paper , and two dedication copies bound in Turkey leather . For a second edition he was to give him ten guineas . On the 24th January , 1707 ...
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... gives no pain . But the merit of such performances begins and ends with the first author . He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult ...
... gives no pain . But the merit of such performances begins and ends with the first author . He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult ...
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... give praise and expect it in their turns : they commend their Patrus and Molières as well as their Condés and Turennes ; their Pellisons and Racines have their elogies , as well as the prince whom they celebrate ; and their poems ...
... give praise and expect it in their turns : they commend their Patrus and Molières as well as their Condés and Turennes ; their Pellisons and Racines have their elogies , as well as the prince whom they celebrate ; and their poems ...
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... give an account of him ) should forbear to celebrate the memory of one so dear to them , but only that they look upon it as a work entirely belonging to me . I shall content myself with giving only a character of the person and his ...
... give an account of him ) should forbear to celebrate the memory of one so dear to them , but only that they look upon it as a work entirely belonging to me . I shall content myself with giving only a character of the person and his ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared Beggar's Opera Blackmore Cato censure character College Congreve Court criticism death dedication Dennis died Dryden Duchess Duchess of Marlborough Duke Earl Earl of Dorset elegance endeavoured Essay excellence favour folio friends Garth genius Halifax honour Iliad imagination imitation Johnson Journal to Stella Juba King William Lady letter lived London Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Love Marlborough Matthew Prior Montague nature never observed occasion opinion Oxford Parnell perhaps Philips Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise Preface Prince printed Prior published Queen reader reason received remarks Richard Savage satire Savage says seems Sempronius sometimes Spectator Spence by Singer Spence.-JOHNSON Steele supposed Swift Syphax Tatler Thomas Parnell thought Tickell tion told Tonson tragedy translated Tyrconnel verses virtue Westminster Westminster Abbey Whig write written wrote
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Seite 145 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always temembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.
Seite 75 - A true Account and Declaration of the horrid Conspiracy against the late King, his present Majesty, and the present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient, after the Revolution, to extenuate and excuse.
Seite 351 - Spanish, but with little better success than before; for though it was received and acted, yet it appeared so late in the year that the author obtained no other advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks, by whom he was pitied, caressed, and relieved. Sir Richard Steele, having declared in his favour with all the ardour of benevolence which constituted his character, promoted his interest with the utmost zeal, related his misfortunes, applauded his merit, took all...
Seite 413 - Once, when he was without lodging, meat, or clothes, one of his friends, a man not indeed remarkable for moderation in his prosperity, left a message, that he desired to see him about nine in the morning. Savage knew that his intention was to...
Seite 58 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Seite 137 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
Seite 154 - Button had been a servant in the Countess of Warwick's family, who, under the patronage of Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russell Street, about two doors from Covent Garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble.
Seite 131 - To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties, to regulate the practice of daily conversation, to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal, and remove those grievances which, if they produce no lasting calamities, impress hourly vexation...
Seite 292 - Opera the gangs of robbers were evidently multiplied. Both these decisions are surely exaggerated. The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil.
Seite 288 - will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton every day." This counsel was rejected : the profit and principal were lost, and Gay sunk under the calamity so low that his life became in danger.