The Book of Authors: A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal Descriptions, Etc. Etc. Etc. Wholly Referring to English Men of Letters in Every Age of English LiteratureF. Warne and Company, 1876 - 516 էջ |
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... whole obscure . - Henry . John Gower . 1320-1402 . Gower stamped with the force of ethical reasoning his smooth rhymes ; and this was a near approach to poetry itself . If in the mind of Chaucer we are more sensible of the impulses of ...
... whole obscure . - Henry . John Gower . 1320-1402 . Gower stamped with the force of ethical reasoning his smooth rhymes ; and this was a near approach to poetry itself . If in the mind of Chaucer we are more sensible of the impulses of ...
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... whole cartloads of foreign words . But he that reads the works of Gower will find smooth numbers and easy rhymes , of which Chaucer is supposed to be the inventor , and the French words , whether good or bad , of which Chaucer is ...
... whole cartloads of foreign words . But he that reads the works of Gower will find smooth numbers and easy rhymes , of which Chaucer is supposed to be the inventor , and the French words , whether good or bad , of which Chaucer is ...
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... ; but he sometimes debases his matter by his ver- sification . On the whole , his genius seems better suited to low burlesque than to liberal and manly satire . It is supposed by 6 John Skelton - William Dunbar . Caxton that he.
... ; but he sometimes debases his matter by his ver- sification . On the whole , his genius seems better suited to low burlesque than to liberal and manly satire . It is supposed by 6 John Skelton - William Dunbar . Caxton that he.
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... whole , he lived in trying times , and was , with the exception of a few faults , an eminently great and good man . - Bishop Hurd . Sir David Lindsay . 1490-1557 . He was esteemed one of the first poets of the age , and his writings had ...
... whole , he lived in trying times , and was , with the exception of a few faults , an eminently great and good man . - Bishop Hurd . Sir David Lindsay . 1490-1557 . He was esteemed one of the first poets of the age , and his writings had ...
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... whole concludes with insisting that kings are accountable to their subjects ; that this is the condition of kingship , particularly in Scotland , and that tyrants may be judged and even put to death without blame , nay , with the ...
... whole concludes with insisting that kings are accountable to their subjects ; that this is the condition of kingship , particularly in Scotland , and that tyrants may be judged and even put to death without blame , nay , with the ...
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The Book of Authors: A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal ... William Clark Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 18?? |
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Էջ 284 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Էջ 158 - 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 87 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Էջ 124 - He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left: And he, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning...
Էջ 159 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Էջ 182 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found...
Էջ 266 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question.
Էջ 295 - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Էջ 241 - Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine : As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art.
Էջ 73 - ... modest and unfortunate poet to his new patron. At last an appointment was made, and the place of meeting was agreed to be the Roebuck. Mr. Butler and his friend attended accordingly ; the duke joined them...