The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Ticknell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. BroomeC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - English poetry - 503 pages |
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... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who immediately made him one of the commiffioners for licenfing coaches , and soon ...
... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who immediately made him one of the commiffioners for licenfing coaches , and soon ...
Page 136
... allowed to the author of a new species of compofi- tion , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; a mode of comedy which at firft was supposed to delight only by its novelty , but has now by the ...
... allowed to the author of a new species of compofi- tion , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; a mode of comedy which at firft was supposed to delight only by its novelty , but has now by the ...
Page 138
... allowed all that it claims ; it is fpritely , various , and pleasant . fubject is of that kind which Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet fome of his decorations may be juftly wifhed away . An honeft blacksmith might have done for ...
... allowed all that it claims ; it is fpritely , various , and pleasant . fubject is of that kind which Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet fome of his decorations may be juftly wifhed away . An honeft blacksmith might have done for ...
Page 155
... allowed . But by a critick of a later generation who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought fufficient ; for his works do not thew him to have had much comprehenfion from nature ...
... allowed . But by a critick of a later generation who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought fufficient ; for his works do not thew him to have had much comprehenfion from nature ...
Page 192
... allowed to have fet a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant know- ledge ; and who has fhewn , by the subjects which his poetry has adorned , that it is prac ticable ticable to be at once a ...
... allowed to have fet a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant know- ledge ; and who has fhewn , by the subjects which his poetry has adorned , that it is prac ticable ticable to be at once a ...
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Addiſon afferted affiftance afterwards againſt amuſements anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt cenfure confidered converfation death deferve defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcover Dunciad eaſily endeavoured faid fame fatire favour fays fecure feems feldom fent fentiments fhew fhould firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport fure himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe intereft Ireland kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel ment mifery moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity nefs never obferved occafion Orrery paffed paffion perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe preſent profe promiſe propofed publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen racter raiſed reaſon refentment refolution refuſed Savage ſay ſcheme ſeems ſeveral ſhe ſome ſtate ſtill ſuppoſed Swift tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion Tyrconnel uſed utmoſt verfes verſes vifit virtue Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote
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Page 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
Page 63 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Page 257 - 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 378 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Page 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Page 132 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written; books of letters and...
Page 128 - Captives, which he was invited to read before the Princess of Wales. When the hour came, he saw the Princess and her ladies all in expectation, and, advancing with reverence too great for any other attention, stumbled at a stool, and, falling forwards, threw down a weighty Japan screen. The Princess started, the ladies screamed, and poor Gay, after...
Page 442 - How came you to leave all the great Lords, that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor Dean ? ' — Because we would rather see you than any of them.
Page 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
Page 132 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.