Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα lxxxii
... , in any degree , from the ge- neral merit of those four celebrated lines . He has skilfully defended Milton's LYCIDAS against fome of the Doctor's objec- objections , and has well apologized for the profufion of lxxxii THE LIFE OF.
... , in any degree , from the ge- neral merit of those four celebrated lines . He has skilfully defended Milton's LYCIDAS against fome of the Doctor's objec- objections , and has well apologized for the profufion of lxxxii THE LIFE OF.
Σελίδα lxxxvii
... lines repeated by another . " We are told of Thomfon , " fays Dr. Johnson , " that among his peculiarities , was a very unskilful and inarticulate man- ner of pronouncing any lofty or folemn compofition . He was once reading to ...
... lines repeated by another . " We are told of Thomfon , " fays Dr. Johnson , " that among his peculiarities , was a very unskilful and inarticulate man- ner of pronouncing any lofty or folemn compofition . He was once reading to ...
Σελίδα lxxxviii
... lines , he would go into another room where a candle was burning , in order to commit them to paper . Though in general very regu- lar in his hour of retiring to rest , he would fometimes be up great part of the night , when he was ...
... lines , he would go into another room where a candle was burning , in order to commit them to paper . Though in general very regu- lar in his hour of retiring to rest , he would fometimes be up great part of the night , when he was ...
Σελίδα xcii
... line , and place a femicolon 113 1 . 1 123 1. 8 143 1 . 4 for fictious read fictitious . for destroy read injure . for mounts read mount . 159 1. 16 17 dele the inverted commas at the beginning of the lines . 170 1. 15 for haunt read ...
... line , and place a femicolon 113 1 . 1 123 1. 8 143 1 . 4 for fictious read fictitious . for destroy read injure . for mounts read mount . 159 1. 16 17 dele the inverted commas at the beginning of the lines . 170 1. 15 for haunt read ...
Σελίδα 1
... lines , " Or lengthen'd thought that gleams through many " a page , « Has fanctify'd whole poems for an age . ' PERHAPS few POPE . ERHAPS few poems have receiv- ed more indifcriminate applaufe , yet poffeffed lefs intrinfick merit ...
... lines , " Or lengthen'd thought that gleams through many " a page , « Has fanctify'd whole poems for an age . ' PERHAPS few POPE . ERHAPS few poems have receiv- ed more indifcriminate applaufe , yet poffeffed lefs intrinfick merit ...
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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