The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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Página 47
... supposed , by most readers , that he must have improved his fortune ; at least , that fuch diligence with fuch abilities must have fet penury at defiance . But in Dry- den's time the drama was very far from that universal approbation ...
... supposed , by most readers , that he must have improved his fortune ; at least , that fuch diligence with fuch abilities must have fet penury at defiance . But in Dry- den's time the drama was very far from that universal approbation ...
Página 54
... supposed to have been fufficiently bufied by the com- pofition of eight and twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other undertakings , But , how much foever he wrote , he was at least once fufpected ...
... supposed to have been fufficiently bufied by the com- pofition of eight and twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other undertakings , But , how much foever he wrote , he was at least once fufpected ...
Página 65
... supposed to have undertaken to translate Varillas's Hiftory of Herefies ; and when Burnet published Remarks upon it , to have written an Answer ; upon which Burnet makes the following obfervation : • " I have been informed from England ...
... supposed to have undertaken to translate Varillas's Hiftory of Herefies ; and when Burnet published Remarks upon it , to have written an Answer ; upon which Burnet makes the following obfervation : • " I have been informed from England ...
Página 93
... supposed that Dryden imputes his enmity to its true caufe . Of Milbourne he wrote only in general terms , such as are always ready at the call of anger , whether juft or not : a fhort extract will be fufficient . He pretends a quarrel ...
... supposed that Dryden imputes his enmity to its true caufe . Of Milbourne he wrote only in general terms , such as are always ready at the call of anger , whether juft or not : a fhort extract will be fufficient . He pretends a quarrel ...
Página 121
... supposed to have blafted his genius , to have driven out his works in a ftate of immaturity , and to have intercepted the full - blown ele- gance which longer growth would have fupplied , Poverty , like other rigid powers , is fome ...
... supposed to have blafted his genius , to have driven out his works in a ftate of immaturity , and to have intercepted the full - blown ele- gance which longer growth would have fupplied , Poverty , like other rigid powers , is fome ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 110 - Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled: every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place.
Página 355 - He not only made the proper use of wit himself, but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles.
Página 176 - There is, surely, reason to suspect that he pleased himself, as well as his audience; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had, sometimes, faults of a less generous and splendid kind.
Página 391 - All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being.
Página 229 - At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found ; with one who has lengthened and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered, and with David Garrick...
Página 152 - Proffering the Hind to wait her half the way: That, since the sky was clear, an hour of talk Might help her to beguile the tedious walk. With much good-will the motion was embrac'd...
Página 229 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find.
Página 100 - Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes.
Página 261 - The life of Dr. Parnell is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Página 110 - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled: every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid.