The Poetical Works of Churchill, Parnell, and Tickell: With a Life of Each, Volumen 1 |
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At the age of fifteen, he became a candidate for admission on the foundation at
Westminster, and went in head of the election ; soon afterwards a circumstance
happened which gave some indication of the strength and bent of his abilities.
At the age of fifteen, he became a candidate for admission on the foundation at
Westminster, and went in head of the election ; soon afterwards a circumstance
happened which gave some indication of the strength and bent of his abilities.
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His father, who had been reluctantly reconciled to this imprudent match, received
the youthful couple into his house, in Vine-street, soon after their nuptials. Here
they resided about a twelvemonth, during which period the conduct of our author
...
His father, who had been reluctantly reconciled to this imprudent match, received
the youthful couple into his house, in Vine-street, soon after their nuptials. Here
they resided about a twelvemonth, during which period the conduct of our author
...
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A short time previous to this transaction, and soon after the renewal of his
intimacy with Lloyd, his genius once more reverted to its natural channel. The
example and success of his friend, in the walks of literature and poetry, excited a
kindly ...
A short time previous to this transaction, and soon after the renewal of his
intimacy with Lloyd, his genius once more reverted to its natural channel. The
example and success of his friend, in the walks of literature and poetry, excited a
kindly ...
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... return to it more irksome, and the altercations which ensued between him and
Mrs. Churchiil, who possessed but little of the spirit of conciliation, and whose
conduct opened some held for reci'icii- nation,* soon ended in a total separation.
... return to it more irksome, and the altercations which ensued between him and
Mrs. Churchiil, who possessed but little of the spirit of conciliation, and whose
conduct opened some held for reci'icii- nation,* soon ended in a total separation.
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Accustomed on every occasion warmly to espouse the cause of his friends, the
rencontre between Wilkes and Martin gave rise to Churchill's next poem the
Duellist,* the first book of which was published in November, 1763, soon after
that ...
Accustomed on every occasion warmly to espouse the cause of his friends, the
rencontre between Wilkes and Martin gave rise to Churchill's next poem the
Duellist,* the first book of which was published in November, 1763, soon after
that ...
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Página 163 - Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see, The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That, for a fantasy and trick of fame, Go to their graves like beds...
Página 271 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Página 147 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why, rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody...
Página 158 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Página 271 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Página 32 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Página 199 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Página lxiv - Nay, sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry ; and his attack on me shall not prevent me from continuing to say what I think of him, from an apprehension that it may be ascribed to resentment. No, sir, I called the fellow a blockhead at first, and I will call him a blockhead still.
Página 45 - To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.
Página 131 - The exhibitions of the stage were improved to the most exquisite entertainment by the talents and management of Garrick, who greatly surpassed all his predecessors of this and perhaps every other nation, in his genius for acting ; in the sweetness and variety of his tones, the irresistible magic of his eye, the fire and vivacity of his action, the elegance of attitude, and the whole pathos of expression.