English Men of Letters: Pope, by Leslie Stephen, 1900; Johnson by Leslie Stenphen, 1900; Gray, by Edmund Gosse, 1899 |
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No human being would care about machinery and the rules of Bossu , or read without utter weariness the mechanical imitations of Homer and Virgil which were occasionally attempted by the Blackmores and other less ponderous versifiers .
No human being would care about machinery and the rules of Bossu , or read without utter weariness the mechanical imitations of Homer and Virgil which were occasionally attempted by the Blackmores and other less ponderous versifiers .
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... average of humanity than his mind . These amenities gave Pope his first taste of good savage slashing abuse . The revenge was out of all proportion to the offence . Pope , at first , seemed to take the assault judiciously .
... average of humanity than his mind . These amenities gave Pope his first taste of good savage slashing abuse . The revenge was out of all proportion to the offence . Pope , at first , seemed to take the assault judiciously .
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He seems always to have regarded men of Dennis's type as outside the pale of humanity . Their abuse stung him as keenly as if they had been entitled to speak with authority , and yet he retorted it as though they were not entitled to ...
He seems always to have regarded men of Dennis's type as outside the pale of humanity . Their abuse stung him as keenly as if they had been entitled to speak with authority , and yet he retorted it as though they were not entitled to ...
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It came in with the periwigs , to which it is so often compared , and , like the artificial headgear , was an attempt to give a dignified or full - dress appearance to the average prosaic human being . Having this innate weakness of ...
It came in with the periwigs , to which it is so often compared , and , like the artificial headgear , was an attempt to give a dignified or full - dress appearance to the average prosaic human being . Having this innate weakness of ...
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After all , a wit was still a human being , and much more nearly related to us than an ancient Greek . Pope's style , when he is at his best , has the merit of being thoroughly alive ; there are no dead masses of useless verbiage ...
After all , a wit was still a human being , and much more nearly related to us than an ancient Greek . Pope's style , when he is at his best , has the merit of being thoroughly alive ; there are no dead masses of useless verbiage ...
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acquaintance admiration affection afterwards appeared asked became become Boswell called Cambridge character conversation criticism death described desire died early edition English expression eyes fact feeling followed give given Gray Gray's hand happy hope human interest Italy Johnson kind Lady later leave less letters lines literary literature lived London look Lord manner March Mason meaning meet mind Miss months nature never observed once passage passed perhaps person poem poet poetry poor Pope Pope's present probably published reason received regard remark replied respect says seems sense side soon spirit story style suggested talk tell thing thought tion told took true turn University verses Walpole West whole wish writing written wrote young
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Página 60 - Peace to all such! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
Página 101 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Página 64 - Thy form benign, oh goddess, wear, Thy milder influence impart, Thy philosophic train be there To soften, not to wound, my heart. The generous spark extinct revive Teach me to love, and to forgive, Exact my own defects to scan, What others are to feel, and know myself a Man.
Página 98 - Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age. With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky!
Página 132 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear.
Página 46 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.
Página 179 - He must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations ; as a being superior to time and place.
Página 45 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Página 118 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Página 45 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | English Men of Letters: Pope, by Leslie Stephen, 1900; Johnson by Leslie Stenphen, 1900; Gray, by Edmund Gosse, 1899 Volumen12 de English Men of Letters |
| Editor | Macmillan and Company, 1900 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 30 Ene. 2006 |
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