The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, Nide 4R. Griffiths, 1753 - 356 sivua |
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Sivu 12
... must have more than human affiftance . Our poetess now perceived , that together with her reputation , fhe had loft all the efteem , that her converfation and abilities might have elfe procured her ; and fhe was reduced to the de ...
... must have more than human affiftance . Our poetess now perceived , that together with her reputation , fhe had loft all the efteem , that her converfation and abilities might have elfe procured her ; and fhe was reduced to the de ...
Sivu 17
... must be by infpi- ' ration , because knowing her own innocence , fhe ' could account for it no other way . The fecre- tary replied , ' that inspiration ufed to be upon a good account , and her writings were stark naught . ' She , with ...
... must be by infpi- ' ration , because knowing her own innocence , fhe ' could account for it no other way . The fecre- tary replied , ' that inspiration ufed to be upon a good account , and her writings were stark naught . ' She , with ...
Sivu 45
... must appear not a little furprizing , that he fhould find fufficient op- portunities to cultivate his poetical talents , to the amazing heighth he raised them . In his preface to his poems , he fays , that poetry was only the product of ...
... must appear not a little furprizing , that he fhould find fufficient op- portunities to cultivate his poetical talents , to the amazing heighth he raised them . In his preface to his poems , he fays , that poetry was only the product of ...
Sivu 46
... must take the liberty of differing from him in the laft particular , for Mr. Prior feems to have received from the mufes , at his nativity , all the graces they could well bestow on their greatest favourite . We must not omit one ...
... must take the liberty of differing from him in the laft particular , for Mr. Prior feems to have received from the mufes , at his nativity , all the graces they could well bestow on their greatest favourite . We must not omit one ...
Sivu 50
... must act . The Stagy rite Says thus , and fays extremely right : Strict juftice is the fovereign guide , That o'er our actions fhould prefide : This queen of virtue is confefs'd To regulate and bind the reft . Thrice happy , if you can ...
... must act . The Stagy rite Says thus , and fays extremely right : Strict juftice is the fovereign guide , That o'er our actions fhould prefide : This queen of virtue is confefs'd To regulate and bind the reft . Thrice happy , if you can ...
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Sivu 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...
Sivu 193 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Sivu 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...
Sivu 236 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Sivu 116 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.