The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... kind of virtue , to be feldom exercised , and never but in cafes of neceffity : affability , mildnefs , tenderness , and a word , which I would fain bring back to its orignal fignification of virtue , I mean Good - nature , are of daily ...
... kind of virtue , to be feldom exercised , and never but in cafes of neceffity : affability , mildnefs , tenderness , and a word , which I would fain bring back to its orignal fignification of virtue , I mean Good - nature , are of daily ...
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... , he has his action of flander ; and it is at the poet's peril , if he tranfgrefs the law . But they will tell us , that all kind of fatire , though never fo fo well deserved by particular priests , yet brings the PREFACE . 29.
... , he has his action of flander ; and it is at the poet's peril , if he tranfgrefs the law . But they will tell us , that all kind of fatire , though never fo fo well deserved by particular priests , yet brings the PREFACE . 29.
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... kind of argument , feem to be conscious to themselves of fomewhat which has deferved the poet's lafh , and are lefs concerned for their public capacity , than for their private ; at least there is pride at the bottom of their reafoning ...
... kind of argument , feem to be conscious to themselves of fomewhat which has deferved the poet's lafh , and are lefs concerned for their public capacity , than for their private ; at least there is pride at the bottom of their reafoning ...
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... kind of correspondence with fome authors of the fair sex in France , has been informed by them , that Mademoiselle de Scudery , who is as old as Sibyl , and inspired like her by the fame god of poetry , is at this time tranflating ...
... kind of correspondence with fome authors of the fair sex in France , has been informed by them , that Mademoiselle de Scudery , who is as old as Sibyl , and inspired like her by the fame god of poetry , is at this time tranflating ...
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... kind , and perhaps not much inferior to the Ilias or the neis : the ftory is more pleafing than either of them , the manners as perfect , the dic- tion as poetical , the learning as deep and various ; and the difpofition full as artful ...
... kind , and perhaps not much inferior to the Ilias or the neis : the ftory is more pleafing than either of them , the manners as perfect , the dic- tion as poetical , the learning as deep and various ; and the difpofition full as artful ...
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Page 19 - Virgil was of a quiet, sedate temper; Homer was violent, impetuous, and full of fire. The chief talent of Virgil was propriety of thoughts and ornament of words; Homer was rapid in his thoughts, and took all the liberties, both of numbers » and of expressions, which his language and the age in which he lived allowed him.
Page 300 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Page 146 - Twas at a feast, and every inn so full, That no void room in chamber, or on ground, And but one sorry bed was to be found ; And that so little it would hold but one, Though till this hour they never lay alone.
Page 26 - There was plenty enough, but the dishes were ill sorted; whole pyramids of sweetmeats for boys and women but little of solid meat for men. All this proceeded not from any want of knowledge, but of judgment. Neither did he want that in discerning the beauties and faults of other poets, but only...
Page 14 - Milton was the poetical son of Spenser, and Mr Waller of Fairfax ; for we have our lineal descents and clans as well as other families. Spenser more than once insinuates that the soul of Chaucer was transfused into his body, and that he was begotten by him two hundred years after his decease.
Page 241 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Page 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Page 27 - Tis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine; but this opinion is not worth confuting...
Page 207 - For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky; And oft with holy hymns he charm'd their ears, A music more melodious than the spheres; For David left him, when he went to rest, His lyre; and after him he sung the best.
Page 55 - The rising nor the setting sun beheld : Of Athens he was lord ; much land he won, And added foreign countries to his crown...