The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
Dari dalam buku
Hasil 1-5 dari 32
Halaman 34
... thefe tales into modern English ; because they think them unworthy of my pains , and look on Chaucer as a dry , old - fashioned wit , not worth reviving . I have often heard the late earl of Leicefter fay , that Mr. Cowley himfelf was ...
... thefe tales into modern English ; because they think them unworthy of my pains , and look on Chaucer as a dry , old - fashioned wit , not worth reviving . I have often heard the late earl of Leicefter fay , that Mr. Cowley himfelf was ...
Halaman 37
... thefe pains with him : let them neglect my ver- fion , because they have no need of it . I made it for their fakes who understand fenfe and poetry as well as they , when that poetry and fenfe is put into words which they understand . I ...
... thefe pains with him : let them neglect my ver- fion , because they have no need of it . I made it for their fakes who understand fenfe and poetry as well as they , when that poetry and fenfe is put into words which they understand . I ...
Halaman 56
Samuel Johnson. The ftorm at their return , the ladies fear : But thefe , and other things , I must forbear . The field is fpacious I defign to sow , With oxen far unfit to draw the plow : The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire ...
Samuel Johnson. The ftorm at their return , the ladies fear : But thefe , and other things , I must forbear . The field is fpacious I defign to sow , With oxen far unfit to draw the plow : The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire ...
Halaman 59
... thefe to fitter times fhall be deferr'd : I fpare the widows tears , their woeful cries , And howling at their husbands obfequies ; How Thefeus at thefe funerals did affift , And with what gifts the mourning dames difmifs'd . Thus when ...
... thefe to fitter times fhall be deferr'd : I fpare the widows tears , their woeful cries , And howling at their husbands obfequies ; How Thefeus at thefe funerals did affift , And with what gifts the mourning dames difmifs'd . Thus when ...
Halaman 67
... thefe hard conditions I recite : That if hereafter Arcite fhould be found Within the compafs of Athenian ground , By day or night , or on whate'er pretence , ' His head fhould pay the forfeit of th ' offence . } To this Pirithous for ...
... thefe hard conditions I recite : That if hereafter Arcite fhould be found Within the compafs of Athenian ground , By day or night , or on whate'er pretence , ' His head fhould pay the forfeit of th ' offence . } To this Pirithous for ...
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 defcend defire earth Emily ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecond fecret feem'd feeming fenfe fent fhade fhall fhould fhun fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow fought foul fovereign ftill ftood fuch fuffer fword grace heart heaven himſelf honour houſe iffuing juft king knight ladies laft laſt laurel leaſt lefs liv'd loft lord lov'd maid mind moſt muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid pafs Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent prepar'd prifon purfue purſued queen reafon refolv'd reft reſt Reynard ſaid ſeen ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpoke ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated turn'd Twas Virgil whofe wife worfe
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 32 - Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns; 'for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.
Halaman 27 - ... for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All this proceeded, not from any want of knowledge, but of judgment. Neither did he want that in discerning the beauties and faults of other poets, but only...
Halaman 252 - Twas time enough at last on Death to call, The precipice in sight : a shrub was all, That kindly stood betwixt to break the fatal fall. One maid she had...
Halaman 95 - 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 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 230 - The diff'rence that distinguished man from man. He claim'd no title from descent of blood, But that which made him noble, made him good. Warm'd with more particles of heavenly flame, He wing'd his upward flight, and soar'd to fame ; The rest remain'd below, a tribe without a name.
Halaman 26 - He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets...
Halaman 31 - The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Halaman 26 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Halaman 69 - Of fortune, fate, or Providence complain? God gives us what he knows our wants require, And better things than those which we desire...