The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1781 |
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... tion . Whether it be that apparent fuperiority incites great defigns , and great defigns are na- turally liable to fatal miscarriages ; or that the general lot of mankind is mifery , and the mif- fortunes of those whofe eminence drew ...
... tion . Whether it be that apparent fuperiority incites great defigns , and great defigns are na- turally liable to fatal miscarriages ; or that the general lot of mankind is mifery , and the mif- fortunes of those whofe eminence drew ...
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... tion of thofe truths of which we are most cer- tain ; and we of course conceive those facts most certain , which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this story he formed a tragedy , which , if the circumstances in which he wrote ...
... tion of thofe truths of which we are most cer- tain ; and we of course conceive those facts most certain , which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this story he formed a tragedy , which , if the circumstances in which he wrote ...
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... tion , that she was not content with refufing to affist him , and being neutral in his ftruggles with poverty , but was as ready to snatch every opportunity of adding to his misfortunes , and that he was to be confidered as an enemy im ...
... tion , that she was not content with refufing to affist him , and being neutral in his ftruggles with poverty , but was as ready to snatch every opportunity of adding to his misfortunes , and that he was to be confidered as an enemy im ...
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... tion of others was no part of his natural charac- ter , yet he was fometimes obliged to relax his obftinacy , and fubmit his own judgment , and even his virtue , to the government of those by whom he was fupported : fo that , if his ...
... tion of others was no part of his natural charac- ter , yet he was fometimes obliged to relax his obftinacy , and fubmit his own judgment , and even his virtue , to the government of those by whom he was fupported : fo that , if his ...
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... tion of the proof , " a fpell upon him ; " and indeed the anxiety , with which he dwelt upon the minutest and most trifling niceties , deserved no other name than that of fascination . That he fold fo valuable a performance for fo small ...
... tion of the proof , " a fpell upon him ; " and indeed the anxiety , with which he dwelt upon the minutest and most trifling niceties , deserved no other name than that of fascination . That he fold fo valuable a performance for fo small ...
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Halaman 28 - ... without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes in...
Halaman 33 - Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter, take in their turns possession of the mind. The poet leads us through the appearances of things as they are successively varied by the vicissitudes of the year, and imparts to us so much of his own enthusiasm, that our thoughts expand with his imagery, and kindle with his sentiments.
Halaman 27 - As a writer, he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind: his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley.
Halaman 6 - ... his powers, and he was again able to talk with his former vigour. The approaches of this dreadful malady he began to feel soon after his uncle's death; and, with the usual weakness of men so diseased, eagerly snatched that temporary relief with which the table and the bottle flatter and seduce.
Halaman 143 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Halaman 33 - His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects, bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter, take in their turns possession of the mind.
Halaman 9 - At this time a long course of opposition to sir Robert Walpole had filled the nation with clamours for liberty, of which no man felt the want, and with care for liberty, which was not in danger.
Halaman 34 - On Sunday, about eleven in the forenoon, his lordship sent for me, and said he felt a great hurry, and wished to have a little conversation with me, in order to divert it. He then proceeded to open the fountain of that heart, from whence goodness had so long flowed, as from a copious spring.
Halaman 14 - Mr. Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home ; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet...