The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1801 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 63
Page xiv
... best of this clafs , was born in 1618. His father dying when he was young , he was left to the care of his mother , who is reprefented as ftruggling earnestly to procure him a literary education ; and who , as the lived to the age of ...
... best of this clafs , was born in 1618. His father dying when he was young , he was left to the care of his mother , who is reprefented as ftruggling earnestly to procure him a literary education ; and who , as the lived to the age of ...
Page xxix
... fatire indeed is feverely pointed , and in it he appears what lord Rochester says he was , " The best good man with the worst - natured muse . Ye " Yet even here the character may be applied to OF KNOWLEDGE , & c . xxix.
... fatire indeed is feverely pointed , and in it he appears what lord Rochester says he was , " The best good man with the worst - natured muse . Ye " Yet even here the character may be applied to OF KNOWLEDGE , & c . xxix.
Page xli
... best of her works . The comedies of Wycherly were in great reputation , and were conformable to his perfonal character , which confifted of little virtue , much wit , and more libertinism . Thefe , in the reign of Charles , were the ...
... best of her works . The comedies of Wycherly were in great reputation , and were conformable to his perfonal character , which confifted of little virtue , much wit , and more libertinism . Thefe , in the reign of Charles , were the ...
Page 11
... best effect ; and for fome time the ne- ceffity of a large establishment of mi- litary force for home defence had been gradually wearing away , part- ly by the enemy's diftrefs , partly by the fuccefs of his majefty's arms , and partly ...
... best effect ; and for fome time the ne- ceffity of a large establishment of mi- litary force for home defence had been gradually wearing away , part- ly by the enemy's diftrefs , partly by the fuccefs of his majefty's arms , and partly ...
Page 13
... best promoted our own ; by maintain- ing their freedom , we employed the fureft means of advancing our own greatnefs , guarding our own fe- curity , and confirming our own in- dependence . If France were per- mitted to retain the ...
... best promoted our own ; by maintain- ing their freedom , we employed the fureft means of advancing our own greatnefs , guarding our own fe- curity , and confirming our own in- dependence . If France were per- mitted to retain the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addrefs Admiralty-Office affiftance againſt alfo allies anfwer armistice army Auftrians boats Bonaparte brig cafe captain captured caufe circumftances clofe command confequence confiderable confidered confifted conftitution defire ditto divifion earl Egypt enemy eſtabliſhed Evan Nepean expreffed faid fame fecond fecurity feemed fent ferved fervice feven feveral fhall fhip fhould fide fince fion firft fituation fome foon fpirit France French government French republic frigates ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fupply fuppofed fupport fyftem Genoa guns himſelf hoftilities honour houfe houſe inftant intereft Ireland king laft lefs letter lieutenant lofs lord Grenville lord Keith lordship majefty majefty's majefty's fhip meaſure ment minifters moft moſt muft neceffary negotiation neral obferved occafion officers paffed parliament peace perfons poffeffion pofition port prefent prifoners propofed purpoſe reafon refolution refpect reftored republic Ruffia Savona ſtate thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe tion troops veffels whofe wounded
Popular passages
Page xii - Wit, which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he missed; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen.
Page 215 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Page 39 - I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears - a poor Negrodriver - or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits! I can truly say...
Page xix - In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor.
Page xiii - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Page xiii - Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
Page 207 - Hark ! where the sweeping scythe now rips along : Each sturdy mower emulous and strong ; Whose writhing form meridian heat defies, Bends o'er his work, and every sinew tries ; Prostrates the waving treasure at his feet, But spares the rising clover, short and sweet. Come, Health ! come, Jollity ! light-footed, come ; Here hold your revels, and make this your home. Each heart awaits and hails you as its own ; Each moisten'd brow, that scorns to wear a frown : Th...
Page 37 - I engaged several of my school-fellows to keep up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them and the composition of most of my correspondents, flattered my vanity. I carried this whim so far, that though I had not three farthings...
Page xxxvi - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, viz.
Page xiv - When their reputation was high, they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind.