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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... defign of his coming over , " and , as Mr. Wood relates , " complying with the men " then in power ( which was much taken notice of by " the royal party ) , he obtained an order to be created " Doctor of Physick , which being done to ...
... defign of his coming over , " and , as Mr. Wood relates , " complying with the men " then in power ( which was much taken notice of by " the royal party ) , he obtained an order to be created " Doctor of Physick , which being done to ...
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... defign of entering into the church , but in time altered his mind ; for he declared , that whoever became a clergyman muft " sub- " scribe flave , and take an oath withal , which , unless " he took with a confcience that could retch ...
... defign of entering into the church , but in time altered his mind ; for he declared , that whoever became a clergyman muft " sub- " scribe flave , and take an oath withal , which , unless " he took with a confcience that could retch ...
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... defign of making him an adjutant - general in " Sir William Waller's army . But the new - modelling " of the army proved an obftruction to the defign . " An event cannot be fet at a much greater distance than by having been only defigned ...
... defign of making him an adjutant - general in " Sir William Waller's army . But the new - modelling " of the army proved an obftruction to the defign . " An event cannot be fet at a much greater distance than by having been only defigned ...
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... defign , which could have duced only an allegory , or myftery . The following sketch feems to have attained more maturity . Adam unparadifed : The angel Gabriel , either defcending or entering ; fhewing , fince this globe was created ...
... defign , which could have duced only an allegory , or myftery . The following sketch feems to have attained more maturity . Adam unparadifed : The angel Gabriel , either defcending or entering ; fhewing , fince this globe was created ...
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... defign that he was in- cluded in the general oblivion . He is faid to have had friends in the houfe , fuch as Marvel , Morrice , and Sir Thomas Clarges ; and undoubtedly a man like him must have had influence . A very particular story ...
... defign that he was in- cluded in the general oblivion . He is faid to have had friends in the houfe , fuch as Marvel , Morrice , and Sir Thomas Clarges ; and undoubtedly a man like him must have had influence . A very particular story ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.