The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Halaman 3
... fame tenure . I am not vain enough to boaft that I have deserved the value of fo illuftrious a line ; but my fortune is the greater , that for three defcents they have been pleased to distinguish my poems from those of other men ; and ...
... fame tenure . I am not vain enough to boaft that I have deserved the value of fo illuftrious a line ; but my fortune is the greater , that for three defcents they have been pleased to distinguish my poems from those of other men ; and ...
Halaman 11
... fame of your beneficence , that they bemoaned the lofs of their expectations . This brought the untimely death of your great father into fresh remembrance ; as if the fame decree had passed on two , fhort fucceffive generations of the ...
... fame of your beneficence , that they bemoaned the lofs of their expectations . This brought the untimely death of your great father into fresh remembrance ; as if the fame decree had passed on two , fhort fucceffive generations of the ...
Halaman 14
... fame turn of verfe which they had in the original ; and this , I may fay without vanity , is not the talent of every poet : he who has arrived the nearest to it , is the ingenious and learn- ed Sandys , the beft verfifier of the former ...
... fame turn of verfe which they had in the original ; and this , I may fay without vanity , is not the talent of every poet : he who has arrived the nearest to it , is the ingenious and learn- ed Sandys , the beft verfifier of the former ...
Halaman 15
... fame light , and dressed in the fame English habit , story to be compared with ftory , a certain judgment may be made betwixt them , by the reader , without obtruding my opinion on him : or if I feem partial to my countryman , and ...
... fame light , and dressed in the fame English habit , story to be compared with ftory , a certain judgment may be made betwixt them , by the reader , without obtruding my opinion on him : or if I feem partial to my countryman , and ...
Halaman 17
... of this difcourfe in the fecond part , as at a fecond fitting , though I alter not the draught , I muft touch the fame features over again , and change the VOL . III . C dead dead colouring of the whole . In general I will PREFACE . 17.
... of this difcourfe in the fecond part , as at a fecond fitting , though I alter not the draught , I muft touch the fame features over again , and change the VOL . III . C dead dead colouring of the whole . In general I will PREFACE . 17.
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
againſt Arcite arms becauſe befides behold beſt betwixt blood breaſt caft Canterbury tales cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer Cymon dame death defcended deferve defire earth Emily ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt fecond fecret feem'd fenfe fent fhade fhall fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow foul ftill ftood fuch fuffer fure fweet fword Goddeſs grace heart heaven himſelf honour iffuing king knight ladies laft laſt leaſt lefs liv'd loft lord lov'd maid mind moſt muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent prepar'd prifon purſued queen reaſon refolv'd reft reſt Reynard ſaid ſeen ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſome ſpeak ſpoke ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated turn'd Twas Virgil whofe wife Wife of Bath
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 43 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Halaman 242 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Halaman 93 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Halaman 298 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Halaman 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Halaman 26 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Halaman 66 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Halaman 239 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Halaman 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Halaman 132 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.