Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonSamuel Etheridge, jun'r., 1810 - English poetry |
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... given to ambassadors ; he hints to the queen in an imperfect poem , that he had no service of plate ; and it ap- peared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances . were not punctually made . On the first of August , 1714 ...
... given to ambassadors ; he hints to the queen in an imperfect poem , that he had no service of plate ; and it ap- peared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances . were not punctually made . On the first of August , 1714 ...
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... given us . The adventure of Hans Carvel has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's Satires , and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his ...
... given us . The adventure of Hans Carvel has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's Satires , and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his ...
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... given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt whether a man of eminence has told the truth about his own birth , is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that falsehoods ...
... given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt whether a man of eminence has told the truth about his own birth , is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that falsehoods ...
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... given . His first performance was a novel , called Incognita , or Love and Duty reconciled ; it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I ...
... given . His first performance was a novel , called Incognita , or Love and Duty reconciled ; it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I ...
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... given great assistance to the ancient family from which he descended , at that time by the imprudence of his relation reduced to difficulties and distress . CONGREVE has merit of the highest kind ; he is an origin- al writer , who ...
... given great assistance to the ancient family from which he descended , at that time by the imprudence of his relation reduced to difficulties and distress . CONGREVE has merit of the highest kind ; he is an origin- al writer , who ...
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Page 289 - 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 312 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most loved, the son most dear; Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Page 439 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Page 314 - Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, , To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. . '• ' Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.
Page 122 - It was his peculiar happiness, that he scarcely ever found a stranger, whom he did not leave a friend ; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long, without obliging him to become a stranger.
Page 29 - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Page 279 - Age," and are now the friendships only of children. Very few can boast of hearts which they dare lay open to themselves, and of which, by whatever accident exposed, they do not shun a distinct and continued view ; and certainly, what we hide from h 3 ourselves we do not shew to our friends.
Page 259 - ... 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.
Page 289 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Page 203 - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and, in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary, he actually obliged us to take the money.