The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets. With an Account of Their Writings, Volumen2A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor and F. Batley, 1723 - 360 páginas |
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Página xvii
... those who date Poetry only from that time , are fo far from being in the right , that the beft Opinions make it as old as the World it felf . " SITA US 70 BASISON It is generally affirm'd , that Poefy was the moff antient of all ...
... those who date Poetry only from that time , are fo far from being in the right , that the beft Opinions make it as old as the World it felf . " SITA US 70 BASISON It is generally affirm'd , that Poefy was the moff antient of all ...
Página xviii
... Poetry is univerfally known and acknowledged , and fufficiently juftifies the Foun- dation of those Opinions of old , which deriv'd it from from Divine Infpiration . And , according to Old- kam xvhi An Introductory Effay , & c .
... Poetry is univerfally known and acknowledged , and fufficiently juftifies the Foun- dation of those Opinions of old , which deriv'd it from from Divine Infpiration . And , according to Old- kam xvhi An Introductory Effay , & c .
Página xxi
... those which moft delight the Reader : There is fomething in the Genius of Poetry , too Libertine to be confin'd to many Rules ; and whoever goes about to fub ! ject it to fuch Conftraints , oftentimes lofes both its Spirit and Grace ...
... those which moft delight the Reader : There is fomething in the Genius of Poetry , too Libertine to be confin'd to many Rules ; and whoever goes about to fub ! ject it to fuch Conftraints , oftentimes lofes both its Spirit and Grace ...
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... those who have writ Elegy beft , are Tibullus , Propertius , and Qvid . This Poem thould not only have every Couplet fill'd with Fancy , but have an exact Coherence , and rife Step by Step to the most elevated height of Poetry ...
... those who have writ Elegy beft , are Tibullus , Propertius , and Qvid . This Poem thould not only have every Couplet fill'd with Fancy , but have an exact Coherence , and rife Step by Step to the most elevated height of Poetry ...
Página xxvi
... those Perfons who unjustly fet up for Cenfors ; but in this Age they , for the moft part , think it their principal Bufinefs to find fault . Criticifm , as ' twas firft inftituted by Aria ftotle , was meant a Standard of judging well ...
... those Perfons who unjustly fet up for Cenfors ; but in this Age they , for the moft part , think it their principal Bufinefs to find fault . Criticifm , as ' twas firft inftituted by Aria ftotle , was meant a Standard of judging well ...
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Página 198 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Página 104 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Página 255 - To his friends' pity, and pursuers' scorn, With shame remembers while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Thence to the coverts and the conscious groves, The scenes of his past triumphs and his loves.
Página 147 - Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Página 196 - Sidney rais'd his Gratuity to Two Hundred Pounds, and commanded the Steward to give it immediately, lest as he read further, he might be tempted to give away his whole Estate.
Página 144 - I'd in pleasure, ease, and plenty live. And as I near approach'd the verge of life, Some kind relation (for I'd have no wife) Should take upon him all my worldly care, Whilst I did for a better state prepare.
Página 257 - But free and common as the sea or wind; When he to boast or to disperse his stores Full of the tributes of his grateful shores, Visits the world, and in his flying towers Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours; Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants.
Página 105 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hallowed feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit...
Página 174 - His behaviour was easy and courteous to all ; but distinguished and adapted to each man in particular, according to his station and quality. His civility was free from the formality of rule, and flowed immediately from his good sense.
Página 276 - He kept up his good" humour to the laft ; and took leave of " his wife and friends, immediately before " his laft agony, with the fame tranquillity " of mind, and the fame indifference for " life, as though he had been upon taking " but a fhort journey. He was twice mar" ried, firft to a daughter of Mr.