The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, Volumen5R. Griffiths, 1753 - 358 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 14
... most of the other English writers . His Memoirs of the Orrery Family and the Boyle's , is the most indifferent of his performances ; though the tranflations of Phalaris's Epiftles in that work are done with great spirit and beauty . As ...
... most of the other English writers . His Memoirs of the Orrery Family and the Boyle's , is the most indifferent of his performances ; though the tranflations of Phalaris's Epiftles in that work are done with great spirit and beauty . As ...
Página 19
... most lasting fenfe of his patron's favours . His poem to the earl of War- wick on the death of Mr. Addifon , is very pathe- tic . He begins it thus , If dumb too long , the drooping Mufe hath [ stray'd , And left her debt to Addifon ...
... most lasting fenfe of his patron's favours . His poem to the earl of War- wick on the death of Mr. Addifon , is very pathe- tic . He begins it thus , If dumb too long , the drooping Mufe hath [ stray'd , And left her debt to Addifon ...
Página 20
... most shining parts of the poem . Far hence be driv'n to Scythia's ftormy fhore The drum's harsh mufic , and the cannon's roar ; Let grim Bellona haunt the lawless plain , Where Tartar clans , and grizly Coffacks reign ; Let the fteel'd ...
... most shining parts of the poem . Far hence be driv'n to Scythia's ftormy fhore The drum's harsh mufic , and the cannon's roar ; Let grim Bellona haunt the lawless plain , Where Tartar clans , and grizly Coffacks reign ; Let the fteel'd ...
Página 32
... most severe ca- lamities , was not yet deftitute of a friend to clofe his eyes . It has been remarked of Cowley , who likewife experienced many of the viciffitudes of fortune , that he was happy in the acquaintance of the bishop of ...
... most severe ca- lamities , was not yet deftitute of a friend to clofe his eyes . It has been remarked of Cowley , who likewife experienced many of the viciffitudes of fortune , that he was happy in the acquaintance of the bishop of ...
Página 33
... most expeditious method of obtaining her liberty , and therefore declared the child with which he then was big was begotten by the earl of Rivers . This circumstance foon produced a feparation , which , while the earl of Macclesfield ...
... most expeditious method of obtaining her liberty , and therefore declared the child with which he then was big was begotten by the earl of Rivers . This circumstance foon produced a feparation , which , while the earl of Macclesfield ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland 1753 Theophilus Cibber Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
Addifon addreffed admiration Æneid æther againſt beauty Boyfe caufe character circumftances confequence confiderable converfation death defign defire difcover diftinguished Dryden Dunciad Effay efteemed expreffed faid fame fatire favour fays fcenes fecond feems fenfe fent feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt follicited fome foon fpirit friends ftage ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fupport genius gentleman greateſt herſelf himſelf honour Iliad inftance intereft lady laft lefs letter likewife lived lord lord Bolingbroke mafter moft moſt Mufe muſt nature never numbers obferved occafion Octavo paffages paffions Paftorals perfon Philips piece play pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publiſhed racters raiſed reader reafon Savage ſhall ſhe Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Swift thefe themſelves Theophilus Cibber theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thought thro tion Tragedy tranflation univerfity uſed verfe Virgil whofe William Trumbull writing wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 65 - This relation will not be wholly without its use if those who languish under any part of his sufferings shall be enabled to fortify their patience by reflecting that they feel only those afflictions from which the abilities of Savage did not exempt him ; or...
Página 188 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Página 214 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 209 - How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee : 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Página 182 - Dare not th' infectious sigh ; the pleading look, Downcast, and low, in meek submission drest, But full of guile. Let not the fervent tongue, Prompt to deceive, with adulation smooth, Gain on your purpos'd will. Nor in the bower, Where woodbines flaunt, and roses shed a couch, While evening draws her crimson curtains round, Trust your soft minutes with betraying man. And let th...
Página 213 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Página 272 - O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight : Such deadly stenches from the depth arise, And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies. From hence, the Grecian bards their legends make, And give the name Avernus, to the lake.
Página 163 - I cannot conclude this book upon the creation without mentioning a poem which has lately appeared under that title.* The work was undertaken with so good an intention, and is executed with so great a mastery, that it deserves to be looked upon as one of the most useful and noble productions in our English verse. The reader cannot but be pleased...
Página 21 - We have, it seems, a Great Turk in poetry, who can never bear a brother on the throne...
Página 195 - Where never human foot had mark'd the shore, These ruffians left me — Yet believe me, Areas, Such is the rooted love we bear mankind, All ruffians as they were, I never heard A sound so dismal as their parting oars.