The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Sivu 9
... myself to the severity of truth , and to what is becom- ing me to fay , I must not only pass over many inftan- ces of your military skill , but also those of your affidu- ous diligence in the war : and of your personal bravery ...
... myself to the severity of truth , and to what is becom- ing me to fay , I must not only pass over many inftan- ces of your military skill , but also those of your affidu- ous diligence in the war : and of your personal bravery ...
Sivu 13
... myself the pleafing task of rendering it into English . And now I found , by the number of my veries , that they began to fwell into a little volume ; which gave me an occafion of looking backward on fome which [ 13 ]
... myself the pleafing task of rendering it into English . And now I found , by the number of my veries , that they began to fwell into a little volume ; which gave me an occafion of looking backward on fome which [ 13 ]
Sivu 14
... myself have heard our fa- mous Waller own , that he derived the harmony of his numbers from the Godfrey of Bulloign , which was turned into English by Mr. Fairfax . But to return : having done with Ovid for this time , it came into my ...
... myself have heard our fa- mous Waller own , that he derived the harmony of his numbers from the Godfrey of Bulloign , which was turned into English by Mr. Fairfax . But to return : having done with Ovid for this time , it came into my ...
Sivu 15
... myself than they allow me because I have adventured to fum up the evidence : but the readers are the jury ; and their privilege remains en- tire to decide according to the merits of the caufe , or if they please , to bring , it to ...
... myself than they allow me because I have adventured to fum up the evidence : but the readers are the jury ; and their privilege remains en- tire to decide according to the merits of the caufe , or if they please , to bring , it to ...
Sivu 17
... myself as vigorous as ever in the faculties of my foul , excepting only my memory , which is not impaired to any great degree ; and if I lose not more of it , I have no great reason to complain . What judgment I had , increases rather ...
... myself as vigorous as ever in the faculties of my foul , excepting only my memory , which is not impaired to any great degree ; and if I lose not more of it , I have no great reason to complain . What judgment I had , increases rather ...
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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
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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...