English Men of Letters: Pope, by Leslie Stephen, 1900; Johnson by Leslie Stenphen, 1900; Gray, by Edmund Gosse, 1899Macmillan and Company, 1900 |
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... give to any utterance an air of philosophical authority , a reference to Longinus or Aristotle was the natural device . Perhaps the acquaintance with classies might not be very profound ; but the classics supplied at least a convenient ...
... give to any utterance an air of philosophical authority , a reference to Longinus or Aristotle was the natural device . Perhaps the acquaintance with classies might not be very profound ; but the classics supplied at least a convenient ...
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... give Mr. Dennis no cause of complaint . He added that he had refused to see the pamphlet when it was offered for his inspection , and had expressed his disapproval of such a mode of attack . Nothing could be more becoming ; and it does ...
... give Mr. Dennis no cause of complaint . He added that he had refused to see the pamphlet when it was offered for his inspection , and had expressed his disapproval of such a mode of attack . Nothing could be more becoming ; and it does ...
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... give any definite account of it . The statements upon which accounts have been based have been chiefly those of Pope himself ; and these involve inconsistencies and demonstrably inaccurate statements . Pope was anxious in later life to ...
... give any definite account of it . The statements upon which accounts have been based have been chiefly those of Pope himself ; and these involve inconsistencies and demonstrably inaccurate statements . Pope was anxious in later life to ...
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... gives a presumption that it is not altogether without foundation . Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires ... give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause : While wits and templars every sentence raise ...
... gives a presumption that it is not altogether without foundation . Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires ... give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause : While wits and templars every sentence raise ...
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... give the pecuniary measure of Pope's reputation . The Iliad was to be published in six volumes . For each volume Lintot was to pay 2007 .; and , besides this , he was to supply Pope gratuitously with the copies for his subscribers . The ...
... give the pecuniary measure of Pope's reputation . The Iliad was to be published in six volumes . For each volume Lintot was to pay 2007 .; and , besides this , he was to supply Pope gratuitously with the copies for his subscribers . The ...
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acquaintance Addison admiration afterwards Ambrose Philips amusing antistrophe appeared became Bolingbroke Bonstetten Boswell Boswell's called Cambridge character companion criticism Curll death Dryden Dunciad edition Elegy English English poetry Eton feeling friendship Garrick genius give Goldsmith Gray Gray's happy Homer honour Horace Walpole kind Lady later less letters Lichfield literary literature lived London Lord Lucy Porter Mason melancholy mind Miss months nature never Nicholls once passages Pembroke Pembroke College perhaps person Peterhouse phrase Pindar pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor Pope Pope's praise probably published Rambler received remark replied Johnson Reynolds Roger Long SAMUEL JOHNSON satire Savage says seems sense spirit stanza Stoke story Strawberry Hill Streatham style Swift talk tell Thomas Gray thought Thrale tion told took Twickenham vanity verses Wharton Whig whilst writing 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.