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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... Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Au- thor ; an undertaking , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an ...
... Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Au- thor ; an undertaking , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an ...
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... poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that profeffes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deferved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes * , who had means enough of ...
... poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that profeffes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deferved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes * , who had means enough of ...
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... - nance of a favourite ftudy affects all fubordinate ope- rations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of Cowley . turned into Poetry . He compofed in Latin feveral books 28 books on Plants , of which the first and second COWLEY . 15.
... - nance of a favourite ftudy affects all fubordinate ope- rations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of Cowley . turned into Poetry . He compofed in Latin feveral books 28 books on Plants , of which the first and second COWLEY . 15.
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... Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared * , seemed unable to conteft the palm with ...
... Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared * , seemed unable to conteft the palm with ...
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... poetry rex linn , an imitative art , thefe writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be faid to have imitated any thing ; they neither copied nature nor life ; neither painted painted ...
... poetry rex linn , an imitative art , thefe writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be faid to have imitated any thing ; they neither copied nature nor life ; neither painted painted ...
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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.