Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 12
3 Smith said that ' Addison ' s poem on the Peace of Ryswick was the best Latin
poem since the Aeneid . ' Post , ADDISON , 18 . * Trapp quotes the following lines
:• Quin nunc requiris tecta virentia Nini ferocis , nunc Babel arduum , Immane ...
3 Smith said that ' Addison ' s poem on the Peace of Ryswick was the best Latin
poem since the Aeneid . ' Post , ADDISON , 18 . * Trapp quotes the following lines
:• Quin nunc requiris tecta virentia Nini ferocis , nunc Babel arduum , Immane ...
Page 14
After a pause , said he to his friend , ' He that wanted me below was Addison ,
whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was intended , and
to propose that I should undertake it ? I said , “ What shall I do with the character ...
After a pause , said he to his friend , ' He that wanted me below was Addison ,
whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was intended , and
to propose that I should undertake it ? I said , “ What shall I do with the character ...
Page 15
It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night 3 . Smith had
indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor
used any artifice to force success , and found that naked excellence was not
sufficient for ...
It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night 3 . Smith had
indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor
used any artifice to force success , and found that naked excellence was not
sufficient for ...
Page 16
49 Addison has , in The Spectator ' , mentioned the neglect of Smith ' s tragedy as
disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then
prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when
to ...
49 Addison has , in The Spectator ' , mentioned the neglect of Smith ' s tragedy as
disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then
prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when
to ...
Page 27
99 , 130 , 137 , 264 ; Macaulay ' s AtPlebeian , No . 1 . Addison ' s Works , terbury
, Misc . Writings , 1871 , p . 344 . v . 245 ; post , ADDISON , 95 . Swift • King
published Dialogues of the addressed to Molesworth the fifth Dead , relating to
the ...
99 , 130 , 137 , 264 ; Macaulay ' s AtPlebeian , No . 1 . Addison ' s Works , terbury
, Misc . Writings , 1871 , p . 344 . v . 245 ; post , ADDISON , 95 . Swift • King
published Dialogues of the addressed to Molesworth the fifth Dead , relating to
the ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acted Addison afterwards Ante appeared Biog Boswell's Johnson called character College common Congreve considered continued Court Courthope criticism death describes died Dryden Duke Earl edition Elwin English Essays favour friends gave give given hand Hist honour Italy John kind King known Lady late learned least less Letters lines Lives London Lord manner March mentioned mind nature never observed occasion once opinion Oxford performance perhaps person play poem poetry Poets Pope Pope's praise Preface present printed Prior published Queen quoted reason received relation remarkable Rowe Savage says seems Smith sometimes Spectator stage Steele success supposed Swift thing thought Tickell tion told verses whole writes written wrote
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 34 - ... a true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king...
Page 146 - Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage Volume 2 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |