Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xxxii
... sense of the ne- ceffity of frequent revifal before publi- cation ; and no writer ever adhered more ftrictly than himself to the well - known precept of Horace , -Nonum prematur in annum . In 1761 , the small pox being prevalent in the ...
... sense of the ne- ceffity of frequent revifal before publi- cation ; and no writer ever adhered more ftrictly than himself to the well - known precept of Horace , -Nonum prematur in annum . In 1761 , the small pox being prevalent in the ...
Σελίδα xlvii
... sense and philanthropy , entitled , OBSER- VATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PAROCHIAL AND VAGRANT POOR , in which the cause of that unhappy part of of the community is pleaded with much perfpicacity and depth JOHN SCOTT , Efq . xlvii.
... sense and philanthropy , entitled , OBSER- VATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PAROCHIAL AND VAGRANT POOR , in which the cause of that unhappy part of of the community is pleaded with much perfpicacity and depth JOHN SCOTT , Efq . xlvii.
Σελίδα xlviii
... sense and benevolence of its principles ; but rather objected to the ftile , as being in a few inftances fome- what inflated . In this tract the author , with great diffidence and candour , has proposed a system of regulations for the ...
... sense and benevolence of its principles ; but rather objected to the ftile , as being in a few inftances fome- what inflated . In this tract the author , with great diffidence and candour , has proposed a system of regulations for the ...
Σελίδα 37
... thoughts of the former are mean , and the numbers unmufical ; the ideas of the latter are grand , and the verse melodious . The one can boaft little that merits the name C 3 name of good sense ; the other is not to- ( 37 ) ESSAY II. ...
... thoughts of the former are mean , and the numbers unmufical ; the ideas of the latter are grand , and the verse melodious . The one can boaft little that merits the name C 3 name of good sense ; the other is not to- ( 37 ) ESSAY II. ...
Σελίδα 38
John Scott, John Hoole. name of good sense ; the other is not to- tally clear of conceits and incongruities . The one is usually termed a Descriptive Poem , but , as I have fhewn , has nothing that deserves the title of defcription ; the ...
John Scott, John Hoole. name of good sense ; the other is not to- tally clear of conceits and incongruities . The one is usually termed a Descriptive Poem , but , as I have fhewn , has nothing that deserves the title of defcription ; the ...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets John Scott,John Hoole Πλήρης προβολή - 1785 |
Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets: With an ... John Scott Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1969 |
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 245 - When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 161 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th