Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonSamuel Etheridge, jun'r., 1810 |
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... considered with great distinction . As he was one day surveying the apartments at Versailles , being shown the victories of Lewis , painted by Le Brun , and asked whether the king of England's palace had any such deco- rations ; " The ...
... considered with great distinction . As he was one day surveying the apartments at Versailles , being shown the victories of Lewis , painted by Le Brun , and asked whether the king of England's palace had any such deco- rations ; " The ...
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... considered him as a hero , and was accus- tomed to say , that he praised others in compliance with the fash- ion , but that in celebrating king William he followed his incli- nation . To Prior gratitude would dictate praise which reason ...
... considered him as a hero , and was accus- tomed to say , that he praised others in compliance with the fash- ion , but that in celebrating king William he followed his incli- nation . To Prior gratitude would dictate praise which reason ...
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... considered , as comprising tales , love verses , occasional poems , Alma , and Solomon , * Spence ; and see Gent . Mag . vol . LVII . p . 1039 . Richardsoniana . His tales have obtained general approbation , being written with LIFE OF ...
... considered , as comprising tales , love verses , occasional poems , Alma , and Solomon , * Spence ; and see Gent . Mag . vol . LVII . p . 1039 . Richardsoniana . His tales have obtained general approbation , being written with LIFE OF ...
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... considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of com- prehension , or activity of fancy . He never made any effort of invention ; his greater pieces are only tissues of common thoughts ; and ...
... considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of com- prehension , or activity of fancy . He never made any effort of invention ; his greater pieces are only tissues of common thoughts ; and ...
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... considered , it is indeed a very wonderful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted , 1693 , when he was not more than twenty one years old ; and was then recommended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. South- ern , and Mr. Mainwaring ...
... considered , it is indeed a very wonderful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted , 1693 , when he was not more than twenty one years old ; and was then recommended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. South- ern , and Mr. Mainwaring ...
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Side 289 - If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Side 312 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most loved, the son most dear; Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Side 439 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Side 314 - Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, , To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. . '• ' Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.
Side 122 - It was his peculiar happiness, that he scarcely ever found a stranger, whom he did not leave a friend ; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long, without obliging him to become a stranger.
Side 29 - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Side 279 - Age," and are now the friendships only of children. Very few can boast of hearts which they dare lay open to themselves, and of which, by whatever accident exposed, they do not shun a distinct and continued view ; and certainly, what we hide from h 3 ourselves we do not shew to our friends.
Side 259 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified.
Side 289 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer, since Milton, must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Side 203 - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and, in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary, he actually obliged us to take the money.