The Age of PopeG. Bell, 1896 - 258 páginas |
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... philosopher of the calibre of Burke . What England reaped in literature during the period of which Pope has been selected as the most striking figure , it will be my endeavour to show in the course of these pages . PART I. THE POETS ...
... philosopher of the calibre of Burke . What England reaped in literature during the period of which Pope has been selected as the most striking figure , it will be my endeavour to show in the course of these pages . PART I. THE POETS ...
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... philosopher , and friend , ' who for a time lived near to him at Dawley , was a frequent guest , so also , in the days of their intimacy , was Lady Mary , who had a house at Twickenham . Thomson the poet , too , lived not far off , and ...
... philosopher , and friend , ' who for a time lived near to him at Dawley , was a frequent guest , so also , in the days of their intimacy , was Lady Mary , who had a house at Twickenham . Thomson the poet , too , lived not far off , and ...
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... philosopher , Dugald Stewart . The charm of poetical ex- pression is lost or nearly lost in translations , and while the sense may be retained the aroma of the verse is gone . The popularity of the Essay abroad is therefore not easily ...
... philosopher , Dugald Stewart . The charm of poetical ex- pression is lost or nearly lost in translations , and while the sense may be retained the aroma of the verse is gone . The popularity of the Essay abroad is therefore not easily ...
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... philosopher and a prophet who sees into the life of things . ' Whether a philosophical subject can be fitly represented in the imagi- native light of poetry is a matter for discussion rather than for decision . In the case of Pope ...
... philosopher and a prophet who sees into the life of things . ' Whether a philosophical subject can be fitly represented in the imagi- native light of poetry is a matter for discussion rather than for decision . In the case of Pope ...
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... philosopher , ' Congreve wrote , used to prove his existence by cogito ergo sum , the greatest proof of Gay's existence is edit ergo est . ' For a long time his health compelled him to give up wine , and he tells Swift that he had also ...
... philosopher , ' Congreve wrote , used to prove his existence by cogito ergo sum , the greatest proof of Gay's existence is edit ergo est . ' For a long time his health compelled him to give up wine , and he tells Swift that he had also ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aaron Hill Addison admiration Ambrose Philips appeared Arbuthnot argument Atterbury beauty Beggar's Opera Berkeley Bishop blank verse Bolingbroke born called century character charm Cibber Colley Cibber couplet criticism death Defoe Defoe's Deist delight died dramatic Dunciad edition England English Epistle Essay eyes fame famous followed gained Gay's genius holy orders honour Horace Horace Walpole humour Iliad imagination John Johnson judgment King labour Lady language later letters literary literature lived London Lord merit mind moral nature never observes passion philosopher Pindaric play poem poet poet's poetical poetry political Pope Pope's praise Prior prose published Queen Anne reader regarded satire says Scriblerus Club sense song Spectator spirit Steele Stella style Swift Tatler things Thomson thought tion tragedy Twickenham virtue volume Walpole Warburton Whig William William Law women writes written wrote Young
Pasajes populares
Página 110 - I hear a voice, you cannot hear, Which says, I must not stay ; I see a hand, you cannot see, Which beckons me away.
Página 89 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it, as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid, and profound; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise ; whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall. Soft roll your incense, herbs, and fruits, and flowers, In mingled clouds to Him ; whose sun exalts,...
Página 45 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Página 82 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! How passing wonder He who made him such ! Who centered in our make such strange extremes.
Página 220 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Página 117 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome — at an inn.
Página 148 - She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since.
Página 32 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Página 82 - An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! — a god! — I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost!
Página 82 - A worm ! a god ! I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast. And wondering at her own. How reason reels . O, what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distressed!