The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 201790 |
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... loft out of nature , though every thing is altered . May I have leave to do myself the justice , ( fince my enemies will do me none , and are fo far from granting me to be a good poet , that they will not allow me fo much as to be a ...
... loft out of nature , though every thing is altered . May I have leave to do myself the justice , ( fince my enemies will do me none , and are fo far from granting me to be a good poet , that they will not allow me fo much as to be a ...
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... . It was also neceffary fometimes to restore the fenfe of Chaucer , which was loft or mangled in the errors of the press : let this example fuffice at present ; in the ftory of Palamon and Arcite , where the D 2 in PREFACE . 35.
... . It was also neceffary fometimes to restore the fenfe of Chaucer , which was loft or mangled in the errors of the press : let this example fuffice at present ; in the ftory of Palamon and Arcite , where the D 2 in PREFACE . 35.
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... loft , which appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion was that excellent perfon , whom I mentioned , the late earl of Leicester , who valued Chaucer as much as Mr. Cowley defpifed him . My lord diffuaded me from this ...
... loft , which appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion was that excellent perfon , whom I mentioned , the late earl of Leicester , who valued Chaucer as much as Mr. Cowley defpifed him . My lord diffuaded me from this ...
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... loft , where they are no longer understood , which is the prefent cafe . I grant that fomething must be loft in all transfufion , that is , in all tranflations ; but the fenfe will remain , which would otherwise be loft , or at least be ...
... loft , where they are no longer understood , which is the prefent cafe . I grant that fomething must be loft in all transfufion , that is , in all tranflations ; but the fenfe will remain , which would otherwise be loft , or at least be ...
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... loft , Chaucer is now become an original ; and I queftion not but the poem has received many beauties by paffing through his noble hands . Befides this tale , there is another of his own invention , after the manner of the Provençals ...
... loft , Chaucer is now become an original ; and I queftion not but the poem has received many beauties by paffing through his noble hands . Befides this tale , there is another of his own invention , after the manner of the Provençals ...
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againſt Arcite arms becauſe befides behold beſt betwixt blood breaſt caft Canterbury tales cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer cloſe Cymon dame death deferve defign'd defire earth eaſe Emily Engliſh Ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecret feem'd fenfe fent fhall fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow foul fovereign freſh ftill ftood fuch fuffer fure fword Goddeſs grace heart heaven himſelf honour iffuing king knight laft laſt leaſt lefs liv'd loft lord lov'd maid mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent prepar'd purſue reaſon refolv'd reft reſt ſaid ſay ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſky ſpace ſpeak ſpoke ſtate ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee Thefeus themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated turn'd uſe Virgil whofe whoſe wife Wife of Bath
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 13 - ... he first intended. He alters his mind as the work proceeds, and will have this or that convenience more, of which he had not thought when he began. So has it happened to me ; I have built a house where I intended but a lodge; yet with better success than a certain nobleman, who, beginning with a dog-kennel, never lived to finish the palace he had contrived.
Seite 19 - In the works of the two authors we may read their manners and natural inclinations, which are wholly different. Virgil was of a quiet, sedate temper ; Homer was violent, impetuous, and full of fire. The chief talent of Virgil was propriety of thoughts, and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties both of numbers and of expressions, which his language and the age in which he lived allowed him.
Seite 31 - Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons.
Seite 31 - The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours, and callings that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Seite 32 - ... their several sorts of gravity: their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding; such as are becoming of them, and of them only.
Seite 42 - He has taken some pains with my poetry ; but nobody will be persuaded to take the same with his. If I had taken to the church (as he affirms, but which was never in my thoughts), I should have had more...
Seite 19 - Homer was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties, both of numbers and of expressions, which his language, and the age in which he lived, allowed him. Homer's invention was more copious, Virgil's more confined; so that if Homer had not led the way, it was not in Virgil to have begun heroic poetry; for nothing can be more evident, than that the Roman poem is but the second part of the Ilias; a continuation of the same story, and the persons already formed.
Seite 121 - Bade cease the war ; pronouncing from on high, Arcite of Thebes had won the beauteous Emily. The sound of trumpets to the voice replied, And round the royal lists the heralds cried, Arcite of Thebes has won the beauteous bride.
Seite 248 - As on this very spot of earth I fell, As Friday saw me die, so she my prey Becomes ev'n here, on this revolving day.
Seite 298 - Had form'd the whole, and made the parts agree, That no unequal portions might be found, He moulded earth into a spacious round: Then with a breath, he gave the winds to blow; And bade the congregated waters flow.