English Men of Letters: Pope, by Leslie Stephen, 1900; Johnson by Leslie Stenphen, 1900; Gray, by Edmund Gosse, 1899Macmillan and Company, 1900 |
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... hope , the tears , the rapture , the penitence , the despair , place the reader in tumultuous sympathy with the poor distracted nun . " The pathos of the Unfortunate Lady has been almost equally praised , and I may quote from it a ...
... hope , the tears , the rapture , the penitence , the despair , place the reader in tumultuous sympathy with the poor distracted nun . " The pathos of the Unfortunate Lady has been almost equally praised , and I may quote from it a ...
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... hope that the effect of some " late malevolences " is disappearing ; he will not believe ( that is , he is strongly inclined to believe ) that the author of Cato could mean one thing and 11. ] FIRST PERIOD OF POPE'S LITERARY CAREER . 55.
... hope that the effect of some " late malevolences " is disappearing ; he will not believe ( that is , he is strongly inclined to believe ) that the author of Cato could mean one thing and 11. ] FIRST PERIOD OF POPE'S LITERARY CAREER . 55.
Էջ 66
... hope for pretty play- things , or , at best , for skilful restorations which show learning and taste far more distinctly than a glowing ima- gination . But even if an original poet can breathe some spirit into classical poems , the poor ...
... hope for pretty play- things , or , at best , for skilful restorations which show learning and taste far more distinctly than a glowing ima- gination . But even if an original poet can breathe some spirit into classical poems , the poor ...
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... hope for a carcase so crazy . " The Twickenham villa , though nominally dedicated to repose , became of course a centre of attraction for the interviewers of the day . The opening lines of the Prologue to the Satires give a vivacious ...
... hope for a carcase so crazy . " The Twickenham villa , though nominally dedicated to repose , became of course a centre of attraction for the interviewers of the day . The opening lines of the Prologue to the Satires give a vivacious ...
Էջ 93
... hope does not represent his habitual practice . Pope , it appears , was entertaining a couple of friends , and when four glasses had been con- sumed from a pint , retired , saying , " Gentlemen I leave you to your wine . " I tell that ...
... hope does not represent his habitual practice . Pope , it appears , was entertaining a couple of friends , and when four glasses had been con- sumed from a pint , retired , saying , " Gentlemen I leave you to your wine . " I tell that ...
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Էջ 60 - Peace to all such! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
Էջ 101 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Էջ 64 - Thy form benign, oh goddess, wear, Thy milder influence impart, Thy philosophic train be there To soften, not to wound, my heart. The generous spark extinct revive Teach me to love, and to forgive, Exact my own defects to scan, What others are to feel, and know myself a Man.
Էջ 98 - Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age. With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky!
Էջ 132 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear.
Էջ 46 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.
Էջ 179 - He must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations ; as a being superior to time and place.
Էջ 45 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Էջ 118 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Էջ 45 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.