Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 32
Página xxvi
... ELEGIES DESCRIPTIVE AND MORAL , which he was now preparing for the prefs . While he thus purfued his poeti- cal ftudies , it may be reasonably fup- pofed , from the general knowledge in , and acquaintance with books , which he certainly ...
... ELEGIES DESCRIPTIVE AND MORAL , which he was now preparing for the prefs . While he thus purfued his poeti- cal ftudies , it may be reasonably fup- pofed , from the general knowledge in , and acquaintance with books , which he certainly ...
Página xxviii
... thirty years of age , after many re- peated revifals and corrections , he pub- lished his Four Elegies , which were ex- tremely well spoken of by the public critics critics of the times , and received with all the xxviii THE LIFE OF.
... thirty years of age , after many re- peated revifals and corrections , he pub- lished his Four Elegies , which were ex- tremely well spoken of by the public critics critics of the times , and received with all the xxviii THE LIFE OF.
Página xxx
... Elegies from his bookfeller , he returned his acknowledgment for the present in thefe words , " Sir , I thank you for your " prefent ; I admire the poetry and piety " of the author , and shall do myself the " credit to recommend it to ...
... Elegies from his bookfeller , he returned his acknowledgment for the present in thefe words , " Sir , I thank you for your " prefent ; I admire the poetry and piety " of the author , and shall do myself the " credit to recommend it to ...
Página xxxi
... Elegies appeared with the name of fome popular writer , the fale would probably have been proportionably rapid , and the reputation of a Pope , a Goldsmith , or a Gray , would have pre- pared the reader to receive the impreffion of ...
... Elegies appeared with the name of fome popular writer , the fale would probably have been proportionably rapid , and the reputation of a Pope , a Goldsmith , or a Gray , would have pre- pared the reader to receive the impreffion of ...
Página xxxiv
... Elegies , were forward enough to give their suf- frages to those merits that promoted the good of general life . In a letter from him to a friend , in the year 1764 , in answer to an inquiry why no more of his compofitions had appeared ...
... Elegies , were forward enough to give their suf- frages to those merits that promoted the good of general life . In a letter from him to a friend , in the year 1764 , in answer to an inquiry why no more of his compofitions had appeared ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets John Scott,John Hoole Vista completa - 1785 |
Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets: With an ... John Scott Vista de fragmentos - 1969 |
Términos y frases comunes
alfo almoſt alſo Amwell beautiful becauſe circumftance cloſe confequently criticiſm defart defcription defign Denham deſcribed deſcription eaſe Eclogues Effays Elegy expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fentiment fhade fhall filent fimile fion firft firſt fituation folemn fome foreft fpirit ftanza ftill ftream fubject fublime fuch fuperfluous fuppofed furely fwain fweet fwell Grongar Hill groves hill himſelf idea increaſe inftance introduced itſelf Johnſon juſt laft landſcape laſt lefs leſs lines Lycidas lyre merit moſt Mufe mufic Muſe muſt natural neral o'er obfcure obferved occafion paffage paſt perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praiſe preſent profpect racter reader reaſon refpect repreſented rill ſay ſcarcely ſcene Scott ſecond ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſky ſome ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thought tion uſe vales verfe verſe whofe whoſe Windfor wiſh
Pasajes populares
Página 149 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Página 38 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose...
Página 192 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 156 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 245 - When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress.
Página 214 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Página 218 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Página 100 - Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for peace with all your skill ; Open wide the lofty door, Seek her on the marble floor ; In vain...
Página 229 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Página 161 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th