Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets: Young. Dyer. Mallet. Shenstone. Akenside. Lyttelton. West. GrayJ. Nichols, 1781 |
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... 1705 , in the fixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his decease Bishop Burnet preached at the cathedral , and be- • gan his fermon with faying , Death has " been " been of late walking round us , and making 4 YOUN G.
... 1705 , in the fixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his decease Bishop Burnet preached at the cathedral , and be- • gan his fermon with faying , Death has " been " been of late walking round us , and making 4 YOUN G.
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... death in 1705 ; and Young was certainly not afhamed to be patronized by the infamous Wharton . But Whar- ton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by ...
... death in 1705 ; and Young was certainly not afhamed to be patronized by the infamous Wharton . But Whar- ton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by ...
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... his paffion for the ftage ; -and the particular praise bestowed on Othello and Oroonoko feems to fhew that fome fuch character as Zanga was even then in in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death 14 YOUNG .
... his paffion for the ftage ; -and the particular praise bestowed on Othello and Oroonoko feems to fhew that fome fuch character as Zanga was even then in in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death 14 YOUNG .
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Samuel Johnson. in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death of his friend Harrison of New College , at the clofe of this poem , is an inftance of Young's art , which difplayed itfelf fo fully thirty years afterwards in the ...
Samuel Johnson. in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death of his friend Harrison of New College , at the clofe of this poem , is an inftance of Young's art , which difplayed itfelf fo fully thirty years afterwards in the ...
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... death , but that no panegyricks were ready yet for the King . Nothing like friendship had yet taken place between Pope and Young ; for , foon after the event which Pope mentions , Young published a poem on the late Queen's death , and ...
... death , but that no panegyricks were ready yet for the King . Nothing like friendship had yet taken place between Pope and Young ; for , foon after the event which Pope mentions , Young published a poem on the late Queen's death , and ...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ... Samuel Johnson Visualização integral - 1781 |
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addreffed afterwards All-fouls almoft Anne Wharton beftowed blank verfe cenfure College compofition conclufion confequence curiofity daugh death dedicated deferve defign diſcover Duke Duke of Wharton eafily eafy Edward Young Engliſh faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems felf fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes foon ftand ftanzas ftory ftrain ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuppofe fupported fure Gray Grongar Hill himſelf honour Houſe increaſe Lady laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Lorenzo Lyrick Lyttelton Mallet Margaret of Anjou ments mind moſt Mufe muſt never Night Thoughts Obfervations occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perfuaded Pindar pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed raiſed reafon reft rhyme ſeems ſhall thee thefe theſe Thomſon thoſe tion tragedy Univerfal vifit Voltaire Walpole Weft Wharton whofe worfe write Young
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Página 18 - Alas ! from the day that we met What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
Página 17 - Tis his with mock passion to glow ! Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die.
Página 19 - ... always to mean more than he said. Would you have any more reasons? An interval of above forty years has pretty well destroyed the charm. A dead lord ranks with commoners; vanity is no longer interested in the matter ; for a new road has become an old one.
Página 35 - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
Página 8 - The pleasure of Shenstone was all in his eye ; he valued what he valued merely for its looks; nothing raised his indignation more than to ask if there were any fishes in his water.
Página 26 - An epithet or metaphor drawn from Nature ennobles Art: an epithet or metaphor drawn from Art degrades Nature.
Página 107 - In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
Página 6 - Mallet, without any imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend.
Página 16 - I priz'd every hour that went by, Beyond all that had pleas'd me before; But now they are past, and I sigh; And I grieve that I priz'd them no more.
Página 30 - To select a singular event, and swell it to a giant's bulk by fabulous appendages of spectres and predictions, has little difficulty ; for he that forsakes the probable may always find the marvellous. And it has little use ; we are affected only as we believe ; we are improved only as we find something to be imitated or declined. I do not see that " The Bard" promotes any truth, moral or political.