Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the Poets of Every Age and Nation. With Specimens of Their Works and Sketches of Their Biography, Volumul 1Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1826 |
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Pagina 9
... told him that his horses had more sense than himself ; that the Thames was not forda- ble there , that they were just on the brink of a hole twice as deep as the coach ; and that , had they proceeded a step farther , they must all have ...
... told him that his horses had more sense than himself ; that the Thames was not forda- ble there , that they were just on the brink of a hole twice as deep as the coach ; and that , had they proceeded a step farther , they must all have ...
Pagina 10
... told him Mr. Pope's case ; got full directions from him and carried them down to Mr. Pope , in Windsor Forest . The chief thing the Doctor ordered him , was to apply less to study , and to ride every day : the following his advice soon ...
... told him Mr. Pope's case ; got full directions from him and carried them down to Mr. Pope , in Windsor Forest . The chief thing the Doctor ordered him , was to apply less to study , and to ride every day : the following his advice soon ...
Pagina 12
... told the whole affair . The King was much entertained with this adventure , and , ordering the wager to be withdrawn , loaded them both with presents . But he afterwards obliged Arnaud to give a chanson of his own composition . VIRGIL ...
... told the whole affair . The King was much entertained with this adventure , and , ordering the wager to be withdrawn , loaded them both with presents . But he afterwards obliged Arnaud to give a chanson of his own composition . VIRGIL ...
Pagina 20
... told Crebillon that the last inmate of the apartment had made the rat , when quite young , so tame that it al- ways partook of his repast , and even slept in his bed . " I was so pleased with it , " continued the jailor , " that I tried ...
... told Crebillon that the last inmate of the apartment had made the rat , when quite young , so tame that it al- ways partook of his repast , and even slept in his bed . " I was so pleased with it , " continued the jailor , " that I tried ...
Pagina 23
... told Lord Peterborough , that the work had long stood still for want of money . His Lord- ship's choler , upon this , began to rise , saying , " That he had never failed to send , immediately , all that was demanded . " The poor ...
... told Lord Peterborough , that the work had long stood still for want of money . His Lord- ship's choler , upon this , began to rise , saying , " That he had never failed to send , immediately , all that was demanded . " The poor ...
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Poetry and Poets: Being a Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes ..., Volumul 1 Richard Ryan Vizualizare completă - 1826 |
Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative ..., Volumul 1 Richard Ryan Vizualizare completă - 1826 |
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Pagina 161 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Pagina 41 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Pagina 110 - THEY made her a grave, too cold and damp " For a soul so warm and true ; " And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp *, " Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp,
Pagina 255 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.
Pagina 134 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide: Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Pagina 134 - As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and natural simplicity of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. We at length reached the spot whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images; it is on the top of the hill, from which there is a most extensive prospect on all sides : the distant mountains that seemed to support the clouds, the villages and turrets, partly shaded...
Pagina 135 - ... where the sheep were feeding at large ; in short, the view of the streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty from its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village...
Pagina 205 - Behold a proof of Irish sense : Here Irish wit is seen ; When nothing's left that's worth defence, They build a magazine ! * Besides these famous books of Scott's and Johnson's, there is a copious " Life
Pagina 96 - Next Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear ; For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.
Pagina 43 - SHALL I like a hermit dwell On a rock or in a cell, Calling home the smallest part That is missing of my heart, To bestow it where I may Meet a rival every day ? If she undervalue me, What care I how fair she be...