The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1772 |
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... most majestick that the English lan- guage affords . Of this ftanza he men tions the encumbrances , encreafed as they were by the exactnefs which the age re- quired . It was , throughout his life , very much his cuftom to recommend his ...
... most majestick that the English lan- guage affords . Of this ftanza he men tions the encumbrances , encreafed as they were by the exactnefs which the age re- quired . It was , throughout his life , very much his cuftom to recommend his ...
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... most of the reft , with plagiarifin ; and obferves that the fong is tranflated from Voiture , al- lowing however that both the fenfe and measure are exactly obferved . C 2 The The Tempeft is an alteration of Shake- speare's play , DRY ...
... most of the reft , with plagiarifin ; and obferves that the fong is tranflated from Voiture , al- lowing however that both the fenfe and measure are exactly obferved . C 2 The The Tempeft is an alteration of Shake- speare's play , DRY ...
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... most rumbling piece of " nonsense spoken yet , " To flatt'ring lightning our feign'd " fmiles conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but " gild a ftorm . " Conform a fmile to lightning , make a Smile imitate lightning , and flattering ...
... most rumbling piece of " nonsense spoken yet , " To flatt'ring lightning our feign'd " fmiles conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but " gild a ftorm . " Conform a fmile to lightning , make a Smile imitate lightning , and flattering ...
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... most part , delightful ; they ex- hibit a kind of illuftrious depravity , and majestick madness : fuch as , if it is fometimes defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the ...
... most part , delightful ; they ex- hibit a kind of illuftrious depravity , and majestick madness : fuch as , if it is fometimes defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the ...
Halaman 69
... in rhyme ; and has the appearance of being the most elaborate of all the dramas . The per-- fonages are imperial ; but the dialogue is often domeftick , and therefore fufcep- tible of fentiments f 3 is DRYDEN . 69 + ...
... in rhyme ; and has the appearance of being the most elaborate of all the dramas . The per-- fonages are imperial ; but the dialogue is often domeftick , and therefore fufcep- tible of fentiments f 3 is DRYDEN . 69 + ...
Istilah dan frasa umum
Abfalom againſt Almanzor anfwer becauſe cenfure character Charles Dryden compariſon compofition confidered controverfy criticifm criticks defign defire dramatick Dryden Duke of Lerma eafily elegant Elkanah Settle English excellence Fables faid fame fatire fays fecond feems feen feldom fenfe fentiment fhall fhew fhip fhould fince firft firſt fkies fome fomething fometimes fouls ftanding ftanza ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fure genius Guife heroick himſelf inftruction itſelf John Dryden Juvenal labour laft laſt lefs lines lord mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never numbers obfervation occafion paffages paffions pafs perfon perhaps pity play pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe preface prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reafon reft reprefented rhyme Shakeſpeare Sir Robert Howard Sophocles Statius thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought tion Tonfon tragedy tranflated Tyrannick Love verfe verfification verfion verſes Virgil whofe writing written
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 237 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Halaman 212 - To see this fleet upon the ocean move, Angels drew wide the curtains of the skies ; And Heaven, as if there wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rise.
Halaman 181 - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled: every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid.
Halaman 283 - Next to argument, his delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment, in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit. He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning, where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the precipice of absurdity, and hover over the abyss of unideal vacancy.
Halaman 140 - Of this kind of meanness he never seems to decline the practice or lament the necessity : he considers the great as entitled to encomiastic homage ; and brings praise rather as a tribute than a gift, more delighted with the fertility of his invention than mortified by the prostitution of his judgment.
Halaman 252 - Proffering the Hind to wait her half the way ; That, since the sky was clear, an hour of talk Might help her to beguile the tedious walk. With much good-will the motion was embrac'd...
Halaman 244 - composition of great excellence in its kind, in which the familiar is very properly diversified with the solemn, and the grave with the humorous ; in which metre has neither weakened the force, nor clouded the perspicuity of...
Halaman 164 - Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves, as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes.
Halaman 178 - Of him that knows much it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation; by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion...
Halaman 213 - And now approach'd their fleet from India, fraught With all the riches of the rising sun : And precious sand from Southern climates brought, The fatal regions where the war begun.