prefaces biographical and critical to the works of the english poets1781 |
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... pendage to any of his three plays which he added himfelf , is , I believe , the only one of the kind . He calls it an bifto- Finding that Guilt's rical Epilogue . dread dreadful clofe his narrow fcene denied , he , in YOUNG . 47.
... pendage to any of his three plays which he added himfelf , is , I believe , the only one of the kind . He calls it an bifto- Finding that Guilt's rical Epilogue . dread dreadful clofe his narrow fcene denied , he , in YOUNG . 47.
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... believe , and pofterity be taught to believe , that his debauched and repro- bate life caft a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father's days , faved him the trouble of feigning a character com- pletely deteftable , and fucceeded at ...
... believe , and pofterity be taught to believe , that his debauched and repro- bate life caft a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father's days , faved him the trouble of feigning a character com- pletely deteftable , and fucceeded at ...
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... as a poet , and more defpicable as a dedi- cator : he would not pafs for a worfe chriftian , or for a worfe man . His de- dications , after all , he had no right to fup- fupprefs . They all , I believe , fpeak , Se YOUN G.
... as a poet , and more defpicable as a dedi- cator : he would not pafs for a worfe chriftian , or for a worfe man . His de- dications , after all , he had no right to fup- fupprefs . They all , I believe , fpeak , Se YOUN G.
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SAMUEL johnson. fupprefs . They all , I believe , fpeak , not a little to the credit of his gratitude , of favours received ; and I know not whether the author , who has once fo- lemnly printed an acknowledgement of a favour , fhould not ...
SAMUEL johnson. fupprefs . They all , I believe , fpeak , not a little to the credit of his gratitude , of favours received ; and I know not whether the author , who has once fo- lemnly printed an acknowledgement of a favour , fhould not ...
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... believe that , when once he had formed a new defign , he then la- boured it with very patient industry , and that he compofed with great labour , and frequent revifions . His verses are formed by no certain model ; for he is no more ...
... believe that , when once he had formed a new defign , he then la- boured it with very patient industry , and that he compofed with great labour , and frequent revifions . His verses are formed by no certain model ; for he is no more ...
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Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets Samuel Johnson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1781 |
prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the english poets. samuel johnson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1781 |
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Էջ 18 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain: The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
Էջ 17 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Էջ 6 - Mallet, without any imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend.
Էջ 60 - O how divine ! to tread the milky way, To the bright palace of the lord of day ; His court admire, or for his favour sue, Or leagues of friendship with his saints renew...
Էջ 9 - A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is, for the most part, totally casual — they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficience. By any acute observer who had looked on the transactions of the medical world for half a century a very curious book might be written on the "Fortune of Physicians.
Էջ 23 - The Prospect of Eton College suggests nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel.
Էջ 43 - Short was his joy. He little knew The power of Magic was no fable ; Out of the window, whisk, they flew, But left a spell upon the table.
Էջ 13 - Westmoreland and Cumberland. He that reads his epistolary narration wishes, that to travel, and to tell his travels, had been more of his employment ; but it is by studying at home that we must obtain the ability of travelling with intelligence and improvement.
Էջ 17 - twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
Էջ 6 - Now was excited his delight in rural pleasures, and his ambition of rural elegance : he began from this time to point his prospects, to diversify his surface, to entangle his walks, and to wind his waters ; which he did with such judgment and such fancy, as made his little domain the envy of the great, and the admiration of the skilful ; a place to be visited by travellers, and copied by designers.