The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Nide 201790 |
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Sivu 16
... judge ; and therefore I leave them wholly to the mercy of the reader . I will hope the best , that they will not be condemned ; but if they should , I have the excufe of an old gentle- man , who , mounting on horseback before fome ...
... judge ; and therefore I leave them wholly to the mercy of the reader . I will hope the best , that they will not be condemned ; but if they should , I have the excufe of an old gentle- man , who , mounting on horseback before fome ...
Sivu 17
... judges , as to thrust their indigested stuff upon them , as if they deserved no better ? With this account of my prefent undertaking , I con- clude the first part of this discourse : in the second part , as at a second fitting , though ...
... judges , as to thrust their indigested stuff upon them , as if they deserved no better ? With this account of my prefent undertaking , I con- clude the first part of this discourse : in the second part , as at a second fitting , though ...
Sivu 24
... judges , which are nine parts in ten of all nations , who call conceits and jingles wit , who fee Ovid full of them , and Chaucer altogether without them , will think me little less than mad , for preferring the Englishman to the Roman ...
... judges , which are nine parts in ten of all nations , who call conceits and jingles wit , who fee Ovid full of them , and Chaucer altogether without them , will think me little less than mad , for preferring the Englishman to the Roman ...
Sivu 26
... judge betwixt the parties in competition , not meddling with the defign nor the dif- pofition of it ; because the defign was not their own ; and in the difpofing of it they were equal . It remains that I fay fomewhat of Chaucer in ...
... judge betwixt the parties in competition , not meddling with the defign nor the dif- pofition of it ; because the defign was not their own ; and in the difpofing of it they were equal . It remains that I fay fomewhat of Chaucer in ...
Sivu 30
... judges ? How far I may be allowed to speak my opinion in this cafe , I know not : but I am fure a difpute of this nature caused mischief in abundance be- twixt a king of England and an archbishop of Canter- bury ; one standing up for ...
... judges ? How far I may be allowed to speak my opinion in this cafe , I know not : but I am fure a difpute of this nature caused mischief in abundance be- twixt a king of England and an archbishop of Canter- bury ; one standing up for ...
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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
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.