The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Nide 3J. and R. Tonson, 1760 |
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Sivu 28
... appears in the tale of Piers Plowman : yet I cannot blame him for inveighing fo fharply against the vices of the clergy in his age their pride , their ambition , their pomp , their avarice , their worldly interest , deserved the lashes ...
... appears in the tale of Piers Plowman : yet I cannot blame him for inveighing fo fharply against the vices of the clergy in his age their pride , their ambition , their pomp , their avarice , their worldly interest , deserved the lashes ...
Sivu 33
... appear in the company of better thoughts . I have prefumed farther , in fome places , and added somewhat of my own where I thought my author was deficient , and had not given his thoughts their true luftre , for want of words in the ...
... appear in the company of better thoughts . I have prefumed farther , in fome places , and added somewhat of my own where I thought my author was deficient , and had not given his thoughts their true luftre , for want of words in the ...
Sivu 34
... 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 dif- fuaded me from this attempt ...
... 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 dif- fuaded me from this attempt ...
Sivu 36
... appears that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making but taken from authors of former ages , and by him only modelled : fo that what there was of invention in either of them , may be judged equal . But 36 PREFACE .
... appears that thofe of Boccace were not generally of his own making but taken from authors of former ages , and by him only modelled : fo that what there was of invention in either of them , may be judged equal . But 36 PREFACE .
Sivu 38
... appears that this story was written before the time of Boccace ; but the name of its author being wholly loft , Chau- cer is now become an original ; and I queftion not but the poen has received many beauties by paffing through his ...
... appears that this story was written before the time of Boccace ; but the name of its author being wholly loft , Chau- cer is now become an original ; and I queftion not but the poen has received many beauties by paffing through his ...
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againſt Arcite arms becauſe behold beſt betwixt blood breaſt caft call'd cauſe Ceyx Chanticleer Chaucer Cinyras cloſe cry'd dame death defcend defire earth eaſe ev'n ev'ry eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecond fecret feem'd fenfe fent fhade fhall fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt flain flames fleep fome foon foul ftill ftood fuch fword Goddeſs grace hand heart heav'n himſelf houſe iffuing Iphis join'd juft knight laft laſt leaſt lefs loft lov'd maid mind moſt muft muſt myſelf numbers nymph o'er Ovid Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe prefent prepar'd purfu'd purſue rais'd reafon refolv'd reft reſt rifing ſaid ſeen ſhall ſhe ſky ſpace ſpoke ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtood Synalepha tears Thebes thee Thefeus themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro turn'd Twas Virgil whofe Whoſe wife wou'd
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Sivu 20 - 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 40 - I will only say, that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur, in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Sivu 31 - Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns; 'for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.
Sivu 30 - 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 329 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Sivu 294 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Sivu 35 - ... when. the reason ceases for which they were enacted. As for the other part of the argument, that his thoughts will lose of their original beauty, by the innovation...
Sivu 30 - Even the grave and serious characters are distinguished by 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 39 - 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 sense, if not more grace, than to have turned myself out of my benefice by writing libels on my parishioners.
Sivu 335 - And fill the assembly with a shining train. A way there is in heaven's expanded plain, Which, when the skies are clear, is seen below, And mortals by the name of "Milky" know. The groundwork is of stars ; through which the road Lies open to the Thunderer's abode.