Essays and CriticismsD. C. Heath & Company, 1911 - 378 էջ |
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Էջ xii
... wrote Richard West ( May 8 , 1736 ) that he had been having a game at quoits with Statius . He read Virgil under a venerable beech on his uncle's estate at Burnham ; in a Latin letter to West he quotes Lucre- tius , Poseidippus , and ...
... wrote Richard West ( May 8 , 1736 ) that he had been having a game at quoits with Statius . He read Virgil under a venerable beech on his uncle's estate at Burnham ; in a Latin letter to West he quotes Lucre- tius , Poseidippus , and ...
Էջ xiii
... wrote his Ode to Spring . In August he wrote his touching sonnet on the death of West ; his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College ; and his Hymn to Adversity . In the autumn , too , he began the Elegy , which was to lie un- 1 See ...
... wrote his Ode to Spring . In August he wrote his touching sonnet on the death of West ; his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College ; and his Hymn to Adversity . In the autumn , too , he began the Elegy , which was to lie un- 1 See ...
Էջ xv
... d'esprit entitled A Long Story , which Gray wrote in the autumn . 1 Letters , ed . Tovey , i . 192 . 2 Cf. Letters , ed . Tovey , i . 351 , n . 3 . Probably at Horace Walpole's suggestion , Richard Bentley , son Introduction XV.
... d'esprit entitled A Long Story , which Gray wrote in the autumn . 1 Letters , ed . Tovey , i . 192 . 2 Cf. Letters , ed . Tovey , i . 351 , n . 3 . Probably at Horace Walpole's suggestion , Richard Bentley , son Introduction XV.
Էջ xvii
... wrote to Mason , has always humbled the professor hitherto ( even in an age when kings were some- body ) , if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous , and if he were a good one by setting him at war with the little fry of ...
... wrote to Mason , has always humbled the professor hitherto ( even in an age when kings were some- body ) , if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous , and if he were a good one by setting him at war with the little fry of ...
Էջ xx
... wrote ; echoing Milton and Dryden , as a Cambridge ode might properly do , and containing some noble lines . The chief thing yet to be chronicled of Gray's last years is his friendship for Charles Victor de Bonstetten , a young Swiss ...
... wrote ; echoing Milton and Dryden , as a Cambridge ode might properly do , and containing some noble lines . The chief thing yet to be chronicled of Gray's last years is his friendship for Charles Victor de Bonstetten , a young Swiss ...
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Էջ 135 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up...
Էջ 181 - Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast: Close by the regal chair Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.
Էջ 181 - Edward, lo! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof; The thread is spun;) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove; The work is done.) — Stay, oh stay!
Էջ 180 - Mighty victor, mighty lord! Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies. Is the sable warrior fled?
Էջ 271 - We take it for a translation ; and should believe it to be a true story, if it were not for St. Nicholas.
Էջ xxi - Perhaps it , i may be said, what signifies so much knowledge, when it produced so little ? Is it worth taking so much pains to leave no memorial but a few poems ? But let it be considered that Mr. Gray was to others, at least innocently employed ; to himself, certainly beneficially.
Էջ 181 - And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way. Ye Towers of Julius, London's lasting shame, With many a foul and midnight murther fed, Revere his Consort's faith, his Father's fame, And spare the meek Usurper's holy head.
Էջ 183 - Fond impious Man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Rais'd by thy breath, has quench'd the Orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood, And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me: With joy I see The different doom our Fates assign : Be thine Despair and scept'red Care ; To triumph and to die are mine.
Էջ 265 - He is highly civil to our nation ; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice ; I am the more solicitous about it, because it relates to the only taste we can call our own; the only proof of our original talent in matter of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening, or rather laying out grounds : and this is no small honour to us, since neither Italy nor France have ever had the least notion of it, nor yet do at all comprehend it when they see it. That the Chinese have this beautiful...
Էջ 199 - Extreme conciseness of expression, yet pure, perspicuous, and musical, is one of the grand beauties of lyric poetry. This I have always aimed at, and never could attain...