The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 12
... says Wood , " by certain persons , enemies to the muses , " The neglect of the court was not his only morti- fication ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he ...
... says Wood , " by certain persons , enemies to the muses , " The neglect of the court was not his only morti- fication ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he ...
Page 14
... say : Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly : Writ verses unjustly ... says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active con- dition . He had been perplexed ...
... say : Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly : Writ verses unjustly ... says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active con- dition . He had been perplexed ...
Page 37
... says Bentley : * Who travels in religious jars , Truth mix'd with error , shade with rays , Like Whiston wanting pyx or stars , In ocean wide or sinks or strays . Dodsley's Collection of Poems , vol . v.-R. 1 T Cowley seems to have had ...
... says Bentley : * Who travels in religious jars , Truth mix'd with error , shade with rays , Like Whiston wanting pyx or stars , In ocean wide or sinks or strays . Dodsley's Collection of Poems , vol . v.-R. 1 T Cowley seems to have had ...
Page 48
... says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth the spangled nights ; But down like lightning , which him struck , he came , And roar'd at his first plunge into the flame . Lucifer makes a speech to the ...
... says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth the spangled nights ; But down like lightning , which him struck , he came , And roar'd at his first plunge into the flame . Lucifer makes a speech to the ...
Page 50
... says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says- A sword so great , that it was only fit To cut off his ...
... says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says- A sword so great , that it was only fit To cut off his ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse called Cato censure character Charles Dryden College compositions Comus considered Cowley criticism daugh death delight diction Dryden Duke Earl elegance English English poetry Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius Georgics heroic honour Hudibras images imagination imitation John Dryden kind King knew known labour Lady language Latin learning lines Lord Lord Roscommon ment Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost parliament passions performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise preface produced published racters reader reason relates remarks rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whig words write written wrote