The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Sivu 3
... most antient , most con- fpicuous , and moft deferving families in Europe . It is true , that by delaying the payment of my last fine , when it was due by your Grace's acceffion to the B 2 titles titles and patrimonies of your houfe , I ...
... most antient , most con- fpicuous , and moft deferving families in Europe . It is true , that by delaying the payment of my last fine , when it was due by your Grace's acceffion to the B 2 titles titles and patrimonies of your houfe , I ...
Sivu 8
... most formidable enemy of Rome . Tully indeed was called the learned conful in derifion ; but then he was not born a foldier : his head was turned another way : when he read the Tac- ticks , he was thinking on the bar , which was his ...
... most formidable enemy of Rome . Tully indeed was called the learned conful in derifion ; but then he was not born a foldier : his head was turned another way : when he read the Tac- ticks , he was thinking on the bar , which was his ...
Sivu 10
... most eminent for piety , not only in this degenerate age , but almoft in any of the former ; when men were made " de meliore luto ; " when examples of charity were frequent , and when they were in being , " Teucri pulcherrima proles ...
... most eminent for piety , not only in this degenerate age , but almoft in any of the former ; when men were made " de meliore luto ; " when examples of charity were frequent , and when they were in being , " Teucri pulcherrima proles ...
Sivu 16
... most polished of all the | modern languages ; but this fubject has been copiously treated by that great critic , who deferves no little com- mendation from us his countrymen . For these reasons of time , and resemblance of genius in ...
... most polished of all the | modern languages ; but this fubject has been copiously treated by that great critic , who deferves no little com- mendation from us his countrymen . For these reasons of time , and resemblance of genius in ...
Sivu 23
... most kings , who love to be in debt ; are all for prefent money , no matter how they pay it afterwards : befides , the nature of a preface is rambling ; never wholly out of the way , nor in it . This I have learned from the practice of ...
... most kings , who love to be in debt ; are all for prefent money , no matter how they pay it afterwards : befides , the nature of a preface is rambling ; never wholly out of the way , nor in it . This I have learned from the practice of ...
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againſt Arcite arms becauſe befides behold beſt betwixt blood breaſt caft Canterbury tales cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer Cymon dame death defcend defire earth Emily ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecond fecret feem'd feeming fenfe fent fhade fhall fhould fhun fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow fought foul fovereign ftill ftood fuch fuffer fword grace heart heaven himſelf honour houſe iffuing juft king knight ladies laft laſt laurel leaſt lefs liv'd loft lord lov'd maid mind moſt muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid pafs Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent prepar'd prifon purfue purſued queen reafon refolv'd reft reſt Reynard ſaid ſeen ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpoke ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated turn'd Twas Virgil whofe wife worfe
Suositut otteet
Sivu 32 - 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 27 - ... for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All this proceeded, not from any want of knowledge, but of judgment. Neither did he want that in discerning the beauties and faults of other poets, but only...
Sivu 252 - Twas time enough at last on Death to call, The precipice in sight : a shrub was all, That kindly stood betwixt to break the fatal fall. One maid she had...
Sivu 95 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Sivu 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Sivu 230 - The diff'rence that distinguished man from man. He claim'd no title from descent of blood, But that which made him noble, made him good. Warm'd with more particles of heavenly flame, He wing'd his upward flight, and soar'd to fame ; The rest remain'd below, a tribe without a name.
Sivu 26 - He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets...
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 26 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Sivu 69 - Of fortune, fate, or Providence complain? God gives us what he knows our wants require, And better things than those which we desire...