The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... beauty of an Epic poem confifts in diction , that is , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers now , the words are the colouring of the work , which in the order of nature is laft to be con- fidered . The defign , the ...
... beauty of an Epic poem confifts in diction , that is , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers now , the words are the colouring of the work , which in the order of nature is laft to be con- fidered . The defign , the ...
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... beauty , as they are used properly or improperly ; but in ftrong paffions always to be fhunned , becaufe paffions are ferious , and will admit no playing . The French have a high value for them ; and I confefs , they are often what they ...
... beauty , as they are used properly or improperly ; but in ftrong paffions always to be fhunned , becaufe paffions are ferious , and will admit no playing . The French have a high value for them ; and I confefs , they are often what they ...
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... beauty of his thoughts will infallibly be loft , which appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion was that excellent perfon , whom I mentioned , the late earl of Leicester , who valued Chaucer as much as Mr.、 Cowley ...
... beauty of his thoughts will infallibly be loft , which appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion was that excellent perfon , whom I mentioned , the late earl of Leicester , who valued Chaucer as much as Mr.、 Cowley ...
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... beauty , by the inno vation of words ; in the firft place , not only their beauty , but their being is loft , where they are no longer understood , which is the prefent cafe . I grant that fomething muft be loft in all transfufion ...
... beauty , by the inno vation of words ; in the firft place , not only their beauty , but their being is loft , where they are no longer understood , which is the prefent cafe . I grant that fomething muft be loft in all transfufion ...
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... beauty had of old ; Nor wonder if fuch deeds of arms were done , Infpir'd by two fair eyes that sparkled like your own . If Chaucer by the best idea wrought , And poets can divine each other's thought , The fairest nymph before his eyes ...
... beauty had of old ; Nor wonder if fuch deeds of arms were done , Infpir'd by two fair eyes that sparkled like your own . If Chaucer by the best idea wrought , And poets can divine each other's thought , The fairest nymph before his eyes ...
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Página 32 - Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns; 'for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.
Página 27 - ... for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All this proceeded, not from any want of knowledge, but of judgment. Neither did he want that in discerning the beauties and faults of other poets, but only...
Página 252 - Twas time enough at last on Death to call, The precipice in sight : a shrub was all, That kindly stood betwixt to break the fatal fall. One maid she had...
Página 95 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Página 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Página 230 - The diff'rence that distinguished man from man. He claim'd no title from descent of blood, But that which made him noble, made him good. Warm'd with more particles of heavenly flame, He wing'd his upward flight, and soar'd to fame ; The rest remain'd below, a tribe without a name.
Página 26 - He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets...
Página 31 - The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Página 26 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Página 69 - Of fortune, fate, or Providence complain? God gives us what he knows our wants require, And better things than those which we desire...