The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Ticknell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. BroomeC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 էջ |
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Էջ 49
... Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires fome confideration . As the lighter fpecies of dramatick poetry profeffes the imi- tation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently prefuppofes a familiar ...
... Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires fome confideration . As the lighter fpecies of dramatick poetry profeffes the imi- tation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently prefuppofes a familiar ...
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... Such fuccefs naturally raised ani- mosity ; and Dennis attacked it by a formal criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this cen- fure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of ...
... Such fuccefs naturally raised ani- mosity ; and Dennis attacked it by a formal criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this cen- fure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of ...
Էջ 116
... Such was the character given him by the earl of Orrery , his pupil ; fuch is the testimony of Pope * , and fuch were the fuffrages of all who could boaft of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his Life a story is told , which ought ...
... Such was the character given him by the earl of Orrery , his pupil ; fuch is the testimony of Pope * , and fuch were the fuffrages of all who could boaft of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his Life a story is told , which ought ...
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... such service , he might gain leifure , but he certainly advanced little in the boaft of independence . Of his leifure he made fo good use , that he published next year a poem on Rural Sports , and infcribed it to Mr. Pope , who was then ...
... such service , he might gain leifure , but he certainly advanced little in the boaft of independence . Of his leifure he made fo good use , that he published next year a poem on Rural Sports , and infcribed it to Mr. Pope , who was then ...
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... such fuccefs , that he raised a thousand pounds ; and called his friends to a confultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intruft it to the funds , and live upon the intereft ...
... such fuccefs , that he raised a thousand pounds ; and called his friends to a confultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intruft it to the funds , and live upon the intereft ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ... Samuel Johnson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1794 |
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Էջ 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
Էջ 133 - The play, like many others, was plainly written only to divert, without any moral purpose, and is therefore not likely to do good; nor can it be conceived, without more speculation than life requires or admits, to be productive of much evil. Highwaymen and housebreakers seldom frequent the playhouse, or mingle in any elegant diversion; nor is it possible for any one to imagine that he may rob with safety, because he sees Macheath reprieved upon the stage.
Էջ 197 - IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station...
Էջ 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
Էջ 394 - Who would ever have suspected Asgil for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials? what other subject, through all art or nature, could have produced Tindal for a profound author, or furnished him with readers? it is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer. For had a hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion, they would have immediately sunk into silence...
Էջ 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Էջ 139 - A Pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers, and purling rivulets, through five acts? Such scenes please Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned.
Էջ 132 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written; books of letters and...
Էջ 434 - Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of any thing else which he has written.
Էջ 54 - He was formed for a controvertist ; with sufficient learning.; .with diction vehement and pointed, though often vulgar and incorrect; with unconquerable pertinacity.; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and. with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just confidence in his cause.