Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 52
... meaning feems here ambiguous , are rather exceptionable . Fame is fome- what confusedly represented , both as a motive and a reward ; there should have been a motive 52 CRITICAL ESSAY S. Fame is the fpur that the clear spirit doth ...
... meaning feems here ambiguous , are rather exceptionable . Fame is fome- what confusedly represented , both as a motive and a reward ; there should have been a motive 52 CRITICAL ESSAY S. Fame is the fpur that the clear spirit doth ...
Σελίδα 57
... meaning defign- ed for all of them . The poet now apoftrophizes to Al- pheus , and the Sicilian Mufe ; and as if totally forgetting the fituation of Lyci- das , invokes them to call the vales to ftrew his hearfe with flowers : V. 131 ...
... meaning defign- ed for all of them . The poet now apoftrophizes to Al- pheus , and the Sicilian Mufe ; and as if totally forgetting the fituation of Lyci- das , invokes them to call the vales to ftrew his hearfe with flowers : V. 131 ...
Σελίδα 59
... meaning of every flow- er that fad embroidery wears , is not obvious ; and the daffodillies filling their cups with tears is an unnatural and trifling conceit . The word furmise , in the last line , is ufed as we should use Suppofition ...
... meaning of every flow- er that fad embroidery wears , is not obvious ; and the daffodillies filling their cups with tears is an unnatural and trifling conceit . The word furmise , in the last line , is ufed as we should use Suppofition ...
Σελίδα 68
... meaning may be evident , where precifion of language is wanting . Pope defigned to say , that if he poffeffed Milton's poetical power , Windfor fhould be as famous as Eden ; but he has not faid fo . The groves of Eden are the only ...
... meaning may be evident , where precifion of language is wanting . Pope defigned to say , that if he poffeffed Milton's poetical power , Windfor fhould be as famous as Eden ; but he has not faid fo . The groves of Eden are the only ...
Σελίδα 91
... meaning , but it feems difficult to afcertain what it is : • old wounds and new ones , ' is very inde- terminate expreffion : Make facred Charles's tomb forever known , ( Obfcure the place , and uninfcrib'd the ftone ) Oh fact accurs'd ...
... meaning , but it feems difficult to afcertain what it is : • old wounds and new ones , ' is very inde- terminate expreffion : Make facred Charles's tomb forever known , ( Obfcure the place , and uninfcrib'd the ftone ) Oh fact accurs'd ...
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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