English Literature in the Eighteenth CenturyHarper & Brothers, 1883 - 450 páginas |
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... letters are controlled by laws . Mrs. Oliphant , a writer who deserves and receives the respect of all her many readers , affirms , in her admira- ble " Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and the Beginning of the ...
... letters are controlled by laws . Mrs. Oliphant , a writer who deserves and receives the respect of all her many readers , affirms , in her admira- ble " Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and the Beginning of the ...
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... Letters . - Butler's " Hudibras . " - Misery of Writers . II . Satirical Poetry . - George Gascoigne's " Steele Glas . " -Joseph Hall's " Satires . " - Butler . III . Dryden's " Absalom and Achitophel , " and " Medal . " - His Readers ...
... Letters . - Butler's " Hudibras . " - Misery of Writers . II . Satirical Poetry . - George Gascoigne's " Steele Glas . " -Joseph Hall's " Satires . " - Butler . III . Dryden's " Absalom and Achitophel , " and " Medal . " - His Readers ...
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... Letters . - The Change in Ministry of Sir Robert Walpole . - Steele ; Savage ; Swift . -Pope ; the Position of Roman Catholics . - Pope's " Pastorals , " and their Predecessors . - Ambrose Philips ; Gay . II . The " Essay on Criti- cism ...
... Letters . - The Change in Ministry of Sir Robert Walpole . - Steele ; Savage ; Swift . -Pope ; the Position of Roman Catholics . - Pope's " Pastorals , " and their Predecessors . - Ambrose Philips ; Gay . II . The " Essay on Criti- cism ...
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... Letters , " to be sure ( 1618-1650 ) , were written in an easy , graceful manner ; but then he not only could boast that he was able to pray in a separate language for every day of the week and in seven on Sunday , but he also was ...
... Letters , " to be sure ( 1618-1650 ) , were written in an easy , graceful manner ; but then he not only could boast that he was able to pray in a separate language for every day of the week and in seven on Sunday , but he also was ...
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... letters , the French naturally found the acquisition of Latin infinitely easier than that of Greek , * and , moreover , Vergil's fame had lived throughout the dark ages - mainly , to be sure , from the poet's reputation as a magician ...
... letters , the French naturally found the acquisition of Latin infinitely easier than that of Greek , * and , moreover , Vergil's fame had lived throughout the dark ages - mainly , to be sure , from the poet's reputation as a magician ...
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Página 137 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 52 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Página 249 - A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs; Nay oft, in dreams, invention we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow.
Página 53 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 106 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Página 245 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Página 389 - In our little journey up to the Grande Chartreuse, I do not remember to have gone ten paces without an exclamation, that there was no restraining. Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry.
Página 52 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will, "Where crowds can wink and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ! Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge.
Página 53 - Blest madman! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy. Railing and praising were his usual themes; And both, to show his judgment, in extremes; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was god or devil.
Página 23 - That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...