The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . THEY were not always ftrictly curious , whether the opinions from which they drew their illuftrations were true ; it was enough that they were popular , Bacon remarks ...
... known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . THEY were not always ftrictly curious , whether the opinions from which they drew their illuftrations were true ; it was enough that they were popular , Bacon remarks ...
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... known to have written , feems to have copied , though with the infe riority of an imitator . The holy Book like the eighth fphere doth fhine With thousand lights of truth divine , So numberless the stars that to our eye It makes all but ...
... known to have written , feems to have copied , though with the infe riority of an imitator . The holy Book like the eighth fphere doth fhine With thousand lights of truth divine , So numberless the stars that to our eye It makes all but ...
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... known measure of the lines , and uniform structure of the ftanzas , by which the voice is regulated , and the memory relieved . If the Pindaric ftyle be , what Cowley thinks it , the highest and nobleft kind of writing in verfe , it can ...
... known measure of the lines , and uniform structure of the ftanzas , by which the voice is regulated , and the memory relieved . If the Pindaric ftyle be , what Cowley thinks it , the highest and nobleft kind of writing in verfe , it can ...
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... part . The duration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet intro- duced , or fhewn but upon few occafions , the full ex- tent tent and the nice difcriminations cannot be afcertained . The COWLEY .
... part . The duration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet intro- duced , or fhewn but upon few occafions , the full ex- tent tent and the nice difcriminations cannot be afcertained . The COWLEY .
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... known wealth was fo great , that he might have borrowed without loss of credit . In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have fuch resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius upon the death of Scaliger , that I cannot but ...
... known wealth was fo great , that he might have borrowed without loss of credit . In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have fuch resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius upon the death of Scaliger , that I cannot but ...
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againſt anſwer appears becauſe cenfure character Charles Dryden compofitions confidered converfation Cowley criticiſm criticks defign defire delight difcovered Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh excellence expreffion exprefs fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fuffered fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure genius heroick hiftory himſelf houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden King labour laft laſt learning leaſt lefs Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obfervation occafion paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reafon rhyme ſeems ſome ſtate ſtudy thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tragedy tranflation underſtanding univerfally uſe verfe verſes Virgil Waller whofe whoſe write written
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Page 98 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 77 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 21 - I am yet unable to move or turn myself in my bed. This is my personal fortune here to begin with. And, besides, I can get no money from my tenants,' and have my meadows eaten up every night by cattle put in by my neighbours. What this signifies, or may come to in time, God knows ; if it be ominous, it can end in nothing less than hanging.
Page 383 - Of him that knows much, it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence ; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion...
Page 406 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 268 - Repentance, trembling in the presence of the Judge, is not at leisure for cadences and epithets. Supplication of man to man may diffuse itself through many topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy.
Page 473 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 24 - The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased.
Page 126 - I have a particular occasion to remember; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning : for some years as I went from time to time to visit him , in a parcel of ten , twenty , or thirty verses at a time, which being written by whatever hand came next , might possibly want correction as to the orthography and pointing...
Page 377 - Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes.