Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men: Collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His TimeJ. R. Smith, 1858 - Počet stran: 396 |
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Strana xviii
... wrote a kind of memoir , which , when he went abroad , he left in the hands of his friend Mr. Lowth for publication , with a sort of Grub - street title as a ruse de guerre ; calling himself Joseph Spence , Esquire , Poetry Professor ...
... wrote a kind of memoir , which , when he went abroad , he left in the hands of his friend Mr. Lowth for publication , with a sort of Grub - street title as a ruse de guerre ; calling himself Joseph Spence , Esquire , Poetry Professor ...
Strana xxiv
... , and it had the desired effect . * * Soon after the rebellion in 1745 , Mr. Spence wrote and pub- lished an occasional paper under the title of " Plain Matter of His taste and inclinations led him very early to a χχίν LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
... , and it had the desired effect . * * Soon after the rebellion in 1745 , Mr. Spence wrote and pub- lished an occasional paper under the title of " Plain Matter of His taste and inclinations led him very early to a χχίν LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
Strana xxviii
... destiny ( for I can give it no other name ) , I have never wrote to him since . This im- partiality of my neglect , you must accept yourself as some apology : —but to proceed ; Mr. Spence chose himself xxviii LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
... destiny ( for I can give it no other name ) , I have never wrote to him since . This im- partiality of my neglect , you must accept yourself as some apology : —but to proceed ; Mr. Spence chose himself xxviii LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
Strana xxx
... wrote much for his amusement ; and Dr. Lowth acted with truly friendly regard to his reputation , when he decided that not a verse which he left behind him should be published . 66 Dr. Johnson has been thought to speak with prejudice of ...
... wrote much for his amusement ; and Dr. Lowth acted with truly friendly regard to his reputation , when he decided that not a verse which he left behind him should be published . 66 Dr. Johnson has been thought to speak with prejudice of ...
Strana xxxi
... wrote has become deservedly unpopular , and it does not appear that he is likely to be so fortunate in his appeal to posterity . Spence was in person below the middle size , his figure spare , his countenance benignant , and rather ...
... wrote has become deservedly unpopular , and it does not appear that he is likely to be so fortunate in his appeal to posterity . Spence was in person below the middle size , his figure spare , his countenance benignant , and rather ...
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Strana 191 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true...
Strana 192 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past, A fifth shall close the Drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Strana 40 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Strana 41 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Strana 229 - To answer your question as to Mr. Hughes ; what he wanted in genius, he made up as an honest man ; but he was of the class you think him.
Strana 281 - you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world." — "I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, "but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas.
Strana 102 - All you need do (says he) is to leave them just as they are; call on Lord Halifax two or three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much longer than you have, and will be answerable for the event.
Strana 178 - In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens ; Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the...
Strana 111 - I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage.