Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 pagina's |
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Pagina lix
... instances be thought to have carried him too far . But where in man fhall we find perfec- tion ? In January 1778 , an anonymous attack was made upon Dr. Beattie , in the Gen- tleman's Magazine , for not continuing his " Inquiry ...
... instances be thought to have carried him too far . But where in man fhall we find perfec- tion ? In January 1778 , an anonymous attack was made upon Dr. Beattie , in the Gen- tleman's Magazine , for not continuing his " Inquiry ...
Pagina lxxxiii
... instance has already been given of the candour of this admirable writer , in his converfation with Mr. Barclay , on the fubject of the prefent volume , and I will not omit the opportunity of doing further juftice to his memory as a cri ...
... instance has already been given of the candour of this admirable writer , in his converfation with Mr. Barclay , on the fubject of the prefent volume , and I will not omit the opportunity of doing further juftice to his memory as a cri ...
Pagina 11
... instance , such Power is moft irreverently introduced on the fuppofed trifling bufinefs of providing a proper fituation for a king's refidence : When Nature's hand this ground did thus ad- vance , ' Twas guided by a wifer power than ...
... instance , such Power is moft irreverently introduced on the fuppofed trifling bufinefs of providing a proper fituation for a king's refidence : When Nature's hand this ground did thus ad- vance , ' Twas guided by a wifer power than ...
Pagina 97
... instances , and a careleff- nefs of language in others . The verfifica- tion , like that of Milton's L ' Allegro and Il Penforofo , is an irregular mixture of iambick and trochaick lines : a circum- G ftance ftance rather difpleafing to ...
... instances , and a careleff- nefs of language in others . The verfifica- tion , like that of Milton's L ' Allegro and Il Penforofo , is an irregular mixture of iambick and trochaick lines : a circum- G ftance ftance rather difpleafing to ...
Pagina 134
... instance , tranfpofition should not be wantonly indulged : -From Memphis old Or Thebes convey'd , one ftone enormous each.- The fight of the Temple of Concord , where the fenate met on occafion of Cataline's confpiracy , naturally ...
... instance , tranfpofition should not be wantonly indulged : -From Memphis old Or Thebes convey'd , one ftone enormous each.- The fight of the Temple of Concord , where the fenate met on occafion of Cataline's confpiracy , naturally ...
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Pagina 57 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Pagina 246 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Pagina 44 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose...
Pagina 263 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.
Pagina 261 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Pagina 226 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Pagina 58 - There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing, in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Pagina 48 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Pagina 195 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Pagina 250 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...