prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets1781 |
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Sivu 1
... whose rank or station was never afcertained : we are informed that they were of gentle blood ; that his father was of a family of which the Earl of Downe was the head , and that his mo- ther was the daughter of William Tur- ner ...
... whose rank or station was never afcertained : we are informed that they were of gentle blood ; that his father was of a family of which the Earl of Downe was the head , and that his mo- ther was the daughter of William Tur- ner ...
Sivu 15
... whose rank or ftation made them moft con- fpicuous . From the age of fixteen the life of Pope , as an author , may be properly computed . He now wrote his Paftorals , which were fhewn to the Poets and Cri- ticks of that time ; as they ...
... whose rank or ftation made them moft con- fpicuous . From the age of fixteen the life of Pope , as an author , may be properly computed . He now wrote his Paftorals , which were fhewn to the Poets and Cri- ticks of that time ; as they ...
Sivu 61
... whose work , though now totally ne glected , feems to have been popular almoft to the end of the last century , he had very frequent confultations , and perhaps never tranflated any paffage till he had read his verfion , which indeed he ...
... whose work , though now totally ne glected , feems to have been popular almoft to the end of the last century , he had very frequent confultations , and perhaps never tranflated any paffage till he had read his verfion , which indeed he ...
Sivu 225
... whose pa- rents will not hear her cry , has an un- refifted dominion in the nurfery . C'est que l'enfant toujours eft homme , C'est que l'homme est toujours enfant . When he wanted to fleep , he nodded in company ; and once lumbered at ...
... whose pa- rents will not hear her cry , has an un- refifted dominion in the nurfery . C'est que l'enfant toujours eft homme , C'est que l'homme est toujours enfant . When he wanted to fleep , he nodded in company ; and once lumbered at ...
Sivu 229
... whose fake it had been recommended . Thus he teized Lord Orrery till he obtained a fcreen . He practifed his arts on fuch fmall oc- cafions , that Lady Bolingbroke used to fay , in a French phrafe , that be plaid the politician about ...
... whose fake it had been recommended . Thus he teized Lord Orrery till he obtained a fcreen . He practifed his arts on fuch fmall oc- cafions , that Lady Bolingbroke used to fay , in a French phrafe , that be plaid the politician about ...
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Addifon afked afterwards againſt almoft Atrides becauſe Binfield Bleft Bolingbroke bookfellers cenfured character Cibber compofition confideration confidered criticiſm criticks Curll defign defire Dennis diſcover Dryden Dunciad eafily eafy Effay elegance Engliſh Epiftle epitaph fafe faid fame fatire fays feems felected fenfe fent fhall fhew fhewn fhould firft firſt folicitation fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftudies fubfcription fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fufpected fupply fuppofed furely himſelf Homer honour Iliad illuftration intereft juft kindneſs laft learning lefs Letters lines loft Lord Lord Halifax ment mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never numbers o'er obferved occafion oppofition paffages paffed paffion perfon perfuaded perhaps pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's praife praiſe prefent printed profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter readers reafon rife Swift thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation ufed unkle uſed verfes verfion verſes Warburton whofe whoſe write written
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Sivu 268 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Sivu 329 - After all this it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, whether Pope was a poet? otherwise than by asking in return, if Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Sivu 110 - Here he planted the vines and the quincunx which his verses mention; and being under the necessity of making a subterraneous passage to a garden on the other side of the road, he adorned it with fossile bodies, and dignified it with the title of a grotto; a place of silence and retreat, from which he endeavoured to persuade his friends and himself that cares and passions could be excluded.
Sivu 268 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet, that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert, that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Sivu 269 - What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply.
Sivu 262 - He professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration, if he be compared with his master.
Sivu 264 - ... none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
Sivu 222 - His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help.
Sivu 267 - Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. * Poetry was not the...
Sivu 9 - Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him, and foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his Ode on Solitude...