The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volúmenes 32-34Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... nature , force , and extent of his genius , exemplified from these writings ; and a vindication of his moral character , exemplified by his more distinguished virtues : his filial piety , his difinterested friendship , his reve- rence ...
... nature , force , and extent of his genius , exemplified from these writings ; and a vindication of his moral character , exemplified by his more distinguished virtues : his filial piety , his difinterested friendship , his reve- rence ...
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... Nature , Senfe improv'd by Sound . Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and ...
... Nature , Senfe improv'd by Sound . Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and ...
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... nature , that I was born with a love to poetry ; for nothing more conduces to fill up all the intervals of our time , or , if rightly used , to make the whole course of life entertaining : « Cantantes licet usque ( minus via lædet ) ...
... nature , that I was born with a love to poetry ; for nothing more conduces to fill up all the intervals of our time , or , if rightly used , to make the whole course of life entertaining : « Cantantes licet usque ( minus via lædet ) ...
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... nature . The complete character of this Poem confifts in fimplicity , brevity , and delicacy ; the two first of which render an Eclogue natural , and the last delightful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this idea ...
... nature . The complete character of this Poem confifts in fimplicity , brevity , and delicacy ; the two first of which render an Eclogue natural , and the last delightful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this idea ...
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... natural way ; but a regard must be had to the fubject ; that it contain fome particular beauty in itself , and that it ... nature and fimpli- city . The fubjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ; but he is not fo exact in his perfons ...
... natural way ; but a regard must be had to the fubject ; that it contain fome particular beauty in itself , and that it ... nature and fimpli- city . The fubjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ; but he is not fo exact in his perfons ...
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Página 52 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 87 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Página 151 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Página 24 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Página 113 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 162 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Página 3 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Página 107 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Página 359 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Página 128 - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...