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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... , 1710 , to his former employment of making treaties , was sent , July , 1711 , privately to Paris with propositions of peace . He was remembered at the French court ; and , returning in about a month , LIFE OF PRIOR . 5.
... , 1710 , to his former employment of making treaties , was sent , July , 1711 , privately to Paris with propositions of peace . He was remembered at the French court ; and , returning in about a month , LIFE OF PRIOR . 5.
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Samuel Johnson. court ; and , returning in about a month , brought with him the Abbé Gaultier , and M. Mesnager , a ... returned to power , was aggravated to a charge of high treason ; though , as Prior remarks in his imper- fect answer ...
Samuel Johnson. court ; and , returning in about a month , brought with him the Abbé Gaultier , and M. Mesnager , a ... returned to power , was aggravated to a charge of high treason ; though , as Prior remarks in his imper- fect answer ...
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... returned next year to England , and then he assumed the style and dignity of ambas- sador . But , while he continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who sent him with a letter to the queen ...
... returned next year to England , and then he assumed the style and dignity of ambas- sador . But , while he continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who sent him with a letter to the queen ...
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... returned then as soon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th . of March * by a warrant , but was , however , suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the messenger , till he was examined before a committee of the ...
... returned then as soon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th . of March * by a warrant , but was , however , suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the messenger , till he was examined before a committee of the ...
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... returned to power , and he was accordingly made secretary for the island of Jamaica ; a place , I suppose , without trust or care , but which , with his post in the customs , is said to have afforded him twelve hun- dred pounds a year ...
... returned to power , and he was accordingly made secretary for the island of Jamaica ; a place , I suppose , without trust or care , but which , with his post in the customs , is said to have afforded him twelve hun- dred pounds a year ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquaintance Addison afterward appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber coffeehouse considered contempt criticism death delight diction diligence discovered Dryden duke Dunciad earl edition elegance endeavoured epitaph Essay excellence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour hope Iliad imagination kind king known labour lady learning lence letter lines lived lord lord Bolingbroke lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published queen reader reason received reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Theophilus Cibber Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whigs Winchester college write written wrote Young
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 439 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.