Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsDerby & Jackson, 1861 - English poetry |
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... sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the Middle Temple , where he lived for several years , but with very little attention to Statutes or Reports . 5 His disposition to become an author appeared very early , as he very ...
... sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the Middle Temple , where he lived for several years , but with very little attention to Statutes or Reports . 5 His disposition to become an author appeared very early , as he very ...
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... sent at thirteen to Westminster ; and in 1668 was entered at Ed- mund Hall , in Oxford , where he took the degree of M.A. , June 3 , 1676 , and resided thirteen years — a much longer time than it is usual to spend at the university ...
... sent at thirteen to Westminster ; and in 1668 was entered at Ed- mund Hall , in Oxford , where he took the degree of M.A. , June 3 , 1676 , and resided thirteen years — a much longer time than it is usual to spend at the university ...
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... sent into the world ' King Arthur ' in twelve . The provocation was now doubled , and the resentment of wits and critics may be supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent to all their ...
... sent into the world ' King Arthur ' in twelve . The provocation was now doubled , and the resentment of wits and critics may be supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent to all their ...
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... sent first to school and afterwards to Cambridge , but , with many other wise and other virtuous men who at that time of discord and debate consulted conscience , whether well or ill informed , more than interest , he doubted the ...
... sent first to school and afterwards to Cambridge , but , with many other wise and other virtuous men who at that time of discord and debate consulted conscience , whether well or ill informed , more than interest , he doubted the ...
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... sent to London in his youth , and placed apprentice with a silkmercer.2 How long he continued behind the counter , or with what degree of softness and dexterity he received and accommodated the ladies , as he probably took no delight in ...
... sent to London in his youth , and placed apprentice with a silkmercer.2 How long he continued behind the counter , or with what degree of softness and dexterity he received and accommodated the ladies , as he probably took no delight in ...
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Page 324 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Page 331 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus...
Page 506 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 344 - 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?
Page 284 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and so will every man else. I know I meant just what you explain ; but I did not explain my own meaning so well as you. You understand me as well as I do myself ; but you express me better than I could express myself.
Page 152 - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law ; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw ; Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
Page 70 - Quin, that during the first night of its appearance it was long in a very dubious state ; that there was a disposition to damn it, and that it was saved by the song, " Oh ponder well ! be not severe...
Page 323 - Dryden, whose education was more scholastic, and who, before he became an author, had been allowed more time for study, with better means of information. His mind has a larger range, and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science.
Page 609 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints,...
Page 291 - Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active .imagination ; a scholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and disco•vered a noble ardour of religious zeal.