Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 3 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page 5
Nathan Drake. periodical labours , and by the circulation of va- rious pieces of epigrammatic wit , were added the solid comforts of a good estate . In 1711 , his father died , and left him an annual income of 9507 . which , though ...
Nathan Drake. periodical labours , and by the circulation of va- rious pieces of epigrammatic wit , were added the solid comforts of a good estate . In 1711 , his father died , and left him an annual income of 9507 . which , though ...
Page 13
... pieces , collected into a volume , should be given to the public by our author . This he frequently spoke of doing , and of adding a life of his deceased friend ; but he never carried his designs into execution . As it was reported that ...
... pieces , collected into a volume , should be given to the public by our author . This he frequently spoke of doing , and of adding a life of his deceased friend ; but he never carried his designs into execution . As it was reported that ...
Page 21
... piece of this descrip- tion in N ° 301 of the Spectator - The allegory of Youth , Love , and Old Age , and in which the imagery and design are evolved and finished with considerable beauty and dexterity . In his essay also on the duty ...
... piece of this descrip- tion in N ° 301 of the Spectator - The allegory of Youth , Love , and Old Age , and in which the imagery and design are evolved and finished with considerable beauty and dexterity . In his essay also on the duty ...
Page 22
... pieces of mechanism and art , that had been buried for ages in huge caverns or vaults , will be found current among the common people of Spain , un- der the title of Cujentos De Viejas , and are most undoubtedly derived from their ...
... pieces of mechanism and art , that had been buried for ages in huge caverns or vaults , will be found current among the common people of Spain , un- der the title of Cujentos De Viejas , and are most undoubtedly derived from their ...
Page 29
... piece , however , which can with any propriety claim for Hughes the appellation of a poet , is The Siege of Damascus . Of this drama , which is still occasionally acted , the sentiments and morality are pure and correct , the imagery ...
... piece , however , which can with any propriety claim for Hughes the appellation of a poet , is The Siege of Damascus . Of this drama , which is still occasionally acted , the sentiments and morality are pure and correct , the imagery ...
Contents
318 | |
322 | |
329 | |
331 | |
334 | |
340 | |
347 | |
349 | |
25 | |
30 | |
123 | |
129 | |
138 | |
294 | |
295 | |
298 | |
300 | |
301 | |
302 | |
306 | |
307 | |
350 | |
352 | |
360 | |
361 | |
362 | |
365 | |
371 | |
372 | |
373 | |
374 | |
376 | |
379 | |
380 | |
Common terms and phrases
Addison afterwards amiable annotator appears bard Barrier Treaty beauty Berkeley Bishop black crows Budgell Byrom celebrated character College commenced composition Congreve consequence critic Dean death divine Earl edition elegant English entertained entitled epistle essay esteemed Eusden Eustace Budgell Fair Penitent fame genius Grove Guardian happy Henley honour Hughes humour Iliad Isaac Bickerstaff Johnson justly lady language letter likewise literary literature Lives London Lord Lord Bolingbroke manners ment merit mind moral Night Thoughts observes Oxford paper Parnell passions pastoral period Philips pieces pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry political Pope portion possessed pounds Princess of Wales production published racter remarks rendered ridicule Sappho satire says Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Spectator spirit Steele Stella style Swift talents taste Tatler thought Tickell tion took translation Twickenham verse versification virtue volume Whigs writer written Young