The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets, concluded. Miscellaneous livesJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... himself , in his poems , that he lifp'd in numbers ; and used to say that he could not remember the time when he began to make verfes . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pin dar , that , when he lay in his ...
... himself , in his poems , that he lifp'd in numbers ; and used to say that he could not remember the time when he began to make verfes . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pin dar , that , when he lay in his ...
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... himself , and at twelve formed a plan of ftudy which he completed with little other incitement than the defire of ex- cellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poct , with which his father accidentally concurred , by pro ...
... himself , and at twelve formed a plan of ftudy which he completed with little other incitement than the defire of ex- cellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poct , with which his father accidentally concurred , by pro ...
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... himself the greatest genius that ever was . Self - confidence is the first requifite to great undertakings ; he , indeed , who forms his opinion of himself in folitude , without know- ing the powers of other men , is very liable to ...
... himself the greatest genius that ever was . Self - confidence is the first requifite to great undertakings ; he , indeed , who forms his opinion of himself in folitude , without know- ing the powers of other men , is very liable to ...
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... himself , that their interviews ended in friendship and corre- fpondence . Pope was , through his whole life , am- bitious of fplendid acquaintance , and he feems to have wanted neither diligence nor fuccefs in attracting the notice of ...
... himself , that their interviews ended in friendship and corre- fpondence . Pope was , through his whole life , am- bitious of fplendid acquaintance , and he feems to have wanted neither diligence nor fuccefs in attracting the notice of ...
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... himself in folitude , without know- ing the powers of other men , is very liable to errour ; but it was the felicity of Pope to rate himfelf at his real value . Moft of his puerile productions were , by his ma- turer judgement ...
... himself in folitude , without know- ing the powers of other men , is very liable to errour ; but it was the felicity of Pope to rate himfelf at his real value . Moft of his puerile productions were , by his ma- turer judgement ...
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第 107 頁 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
第 88 頁 - His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help.
第 106 頁 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
第 134 頁 - New sentiments and new images others may produce ; but to attempt any further improvement of versification will be dangerous. Art and diligence have now done their best, and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity.
第 144 頁 - The lines on Craggs were not originally intended for an epitaph ; and therefore some faults are to be imputed to the violence with which they are torn from the poem that first contained them.
第 107 頁 - What his mind could supply at call or gather in one excursion was all that he sought and all that he gave.
第 295 頁 - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
第 106 頁 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
第 210 頁 - I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear. She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
第 106 頁 - Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller.