Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... give her . 2 18 ' No man had a juster notion of the difficulty of composing than Mr. Smith , and he sometimes would create greater diffi- culties than he had reason to apprehend . Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may ...
... give her . 2 18 ' No man had a juster notion of the difficulty of composing than Mr. Smith , and he sometimes would create greater diffi- culties than he had reason to apprehend . Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may ...
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... give even his misfortunes the hard name of faults ; but if the world had half his good - nature all the shady parts would be entirely struck out of his character . ' A man who , under poverty , calamities , and disappointments , 21 ...
... give even his misfortunes the hard name of faults ; but if the world had half his good - nature all the shady parts would be entirely struck out of his character . ' A man who , under poverty , calamities , and disappointments , 21 ...
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... give to colours memory and delight . I quote it , how- ever , as an imitation of these lines : " So many languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak of him in more " . ' The simile by which an old man retaining the fire of ...
... give to colours memory and delight . I quote it , how- ever , as an imitation of these lines : " So many languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak of him in more " . ' The simile by which an old man retaining the fire of ...
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... give a third day's hearing to that admirable tragedy ? ' The Spectator , No. 18 . Post , POPE , 76 . 5 [ Lintot's account book has only an entry of £ 50 . ' Smith ( Edmund ) , 1705-6 . March 11. Phaedra and Hippolytus ... 50 os . od ...
... give a third day's hearing to that admirable tragedy ? ' The Spectator , No. 18 . Post , POPE , 76 . 5 [ Lintot's account book has only an entry of £ 50 . ' Smith ( Edmund ) , 1705-6 . March 11. Phaedra and Hippolytus ... 50 os . od ...
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... give more opportuni- 55 ties of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the passions , in which I suspect him to have had less power . 6 Having formed his plan and collected materials ...
... give more opportuni- 55 ties of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the passions , in which I suspect him to have had less power . 6 Having formed his plan and collected materials ...
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Էջ 150 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Էջ 276 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.
Էջ 34 - ... a true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king...
Էջ 146 - Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them.
Էջ 149 - His prose is the model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour.
Էջ 230 - Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen— Leon. Hark! Aim No, all is hush'd, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.
Էջ 434 - Savage did not exempt him; or if those who in confidence of superior capacities or attainments disregard the common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Էջ 117 - Lord Warwick was a young man of very irregular life, and perhaps of loose opinions. Addison, for whom he did not want respect, had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life near its end, he directed the young Lord to be called; and when he desired, with great tenderness, to hear his last injunctions, told him, I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die.
Էջ 253 - The incessant attacks of his enemies, whether serious or merry, are never discovered to have disturbed his quiet, or to have lessened his confidence in himself.
Էջ 249 - Blackmore led him to gratify, and he produced (1721) a new Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches...