The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I.Archibald Constable, 1820 - 674 էջ |
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Էջ xviii
... known as the poets I have mentioned , they would not for so many years have been consigned to " dusty death . " As it is , nearly all that people hear of them is what the commentators on Shakespeare have been pleased to quote in the way ...
... known as the poets I have mentioned , they would not for so many years have been consigned to " dusty death . " As it is , nearly all that people hear of them is what the commentators on Shakespeare have been pleased to quote in the way ...
Էջ xxv
... regarding him . Now , at the time he pro- nounced this absurd opinion upon his sonnets , they had been little spoken of by men of letters , and Wat- son's productions were not at all known ; being left INDUCTION . XXV.
... regarding him . Now , at the time he pro- nounced this absurd opinion upon his sonnets , they had been little spoken of by men of letters , and Wat- son's productions were not at all known ; being left INDUCTION . XXV.
Էջ xxvi
... known ; being left to himself , therefore , he took the earliest opportunity of showing his incompetence . I am satisfied that no- thing has so much contributed to bring our old poets into disrepute , as the insignificant notes and ...
... known ; being left to himself , therefore , he took the earliest opportunity of showing his incompetence . I am satisfied that no- thing has so much contributed to bring our old poets into disrepute , as the insignificant notes and ...
Էջ xxxi
... known , would of them- selves almost fill a library . To these the editors of Shakespeare have resorted ; some of them were the first to make discoveries in this unploughed Atlantic , however insignificant may be the use they have ...
... known , would of them- selves almost fill a library . To these the editors of Shakespeare have resorted ; some of them were the first to make discoveries in this unploughed Atlantic , however insignificant may be the use they have ...
Էջ xxxv
... known but that he translated Homer , yet there is no writer in our lan- guage that had it more at his command , who was more full and harmonious in his style , more grand and stately in his imagery , or more bold and dignified in his ...
... known but that he translated Homer , yet there is no writer in our lan- guage that had it more at his command , who was more full and harmonious in his style , more grand and stately in his imagery , or more bold and dignified in his ...
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Էջ 270 - Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises ; and oft it hits, Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits.
Էջ 22 - Shakespeare that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence ; yet his real power is not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen.
Էջ xix - ... genius through the shades of age, as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity. The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns and the beauties of the ancients.
Էջ 244 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Էջ 68 - ENTITLED To the noble and vertuous Gentleman, most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie, MA1STER PHILIP SIDNEY.
Էջ xliii - Of a Jew, who would for his Debt have a Pound of the Flesh of a Christian.
Էջ xliv - Wonder not (for with thee will I first begin), thou famous gracer of tragedians, that Greene, who hath said with thee like the fool in his heart, "There is no God...
Էջ 160 - twixt each drop, he nigardly, As loth to enrich mee, so tells many a lie. More than ten Hollensheads, or Halls, or Stowes, Of triviall houshold trash he knowes ; He knowes When the Queene frown'd, or smil'd, and he knowes what A subtle States-man may gather of that...
Էջ 251 - I can willinglyer conceive then dare to prescribe; yet let me have the substance rough, not the shadow. I cannot, nay, I will not delude your sight with mists; yet I dare defend my plainenesse against the verjuice-face of the crabbedst Satyrist that ever stuttered.
Էջ 90 - tis true ; but now, if any Should for that cause despise it, we have many Reasons, both just and pregnant, to maintain Antiquity, and those, too, not all vain. We know (and not long since) there was a time, Strong lines were not look'd after ; but if rhyme, Oh ! then 'twas excellent...