Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 páginas |
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... to her memory is faid to have been found among his ma- nuscripts . In 1767 he was married to Sarah Frogley , the daughter of his friend Charles Charles Frogley , of whom fuch deferved and honourable mention Xxxviii THE LIFE OF.
... to her memory is faid to have been found among his ma- nuscripts . In 1767 he was married to Sarah Frogley , the daughter of his friend Charles Charles Frogley , of whom fuch deferved and honourable mention Xxxviii THE LIFE OF.
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John Scott, John Hoole. Charles Frogley , of whom fuch deferved and honourable mention has been made . The bride was , previous to her nuptials , admitted a member of the fociety to which he belonged , and the nuptials were celebrated at ...
John Scott, John Hoole. Charles Frogley , of whom fuch deferved and honourable mention has been made . The bride was , previous to her nuptials , admitted a member of the fociety to which he belonged , and the nuptials were celebrated at ...
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... mention that description must neceffarily make great part of every narrative poem , and has ever been confidered as a material talent in the poet ; a poem confifting of rural painting , may , at least , to the ear have the fame merit ...
... mention that description must neceffarily make great part of every narrative poem , and has ever been confidered as a material talent in the poet ; a poem confifting of rural painting , may , at least , to the ear have the fame merit ...
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... be abfurd . The Poet , from mentioning Windfor , takes occa- fion to mention Edward the third . Per- haps there cannot be any where found a more more striking instance of that species of nonfenfe , ludicrously CRITICAL ESSAYS . 13.
... be abfurd . The Poet , from mentioning Windfor , takes occa- fion to mention Edward the third . Per- haps there cannot be any where found a more more striking instance of that species of nonfenfe , ludicrously CRITICAL ESSAYS . 13.
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... mention the deer that inhabit it : Denham accordingly mentions them ; calls a ftag's horns , na- ture's mafter - piece , and fays they are placed on the ftag's head , to shew how foon great things are made , but are fooner undone ...
... mention the deer that inhabit it : Denham accordingly mentions them ; calls a ftag's horns , na- ture's mafter - piece , and fays they are placed on the ftag's head , to shew how foon great things are made , but are fooner undone ...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets John Scott,John Hoole Visualização integral - 1785 |
Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets: With an ... John Scott Visualização de excertos - 1969 |
Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets John Scott Visualização de excertos - 1970 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 149 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Página 38 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose...
Página 192 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 156 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 245 - When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress.
Página 214 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Página 218 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Página 100 - Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for peace with all your skill ; Open wide the lofty door, Seek her on the marble floor ; In vain...
Página 229 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Página 161 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th