The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... appears in the tale of Piers Plowman : yet I cannot blame him for inveigh- ing so sharply against the vices of the clergy in his age : their pride , their ambition , their pomp , their avarice , their worldly intereft , deferved the ...
... appears in the tale of Piers Plowman : yet I cannot blame him for inveigh- ing so sharply against the vices of the clergy in his age : their pride , their ambition , their pomp , their avarice , their worldly intereft , deferved the ...
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... appear in the company of better thoughts . I have prefumed farther , in fome places , and added somewhat of my own where I thought my author was deficient , and had not given his thoughts their true luftre , for want of words in the be ...
... appear in the company of better thoughts . I have prefumed farther , in fome places , and added somewhat of my own where I thought my author was deficient , and had not given his thoughts their true luftre , for want of words in the be ...
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... appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion was that excellent perfon , whom I mentioned , the late earl of Leicester , who valued Chaucer as much as Mr. Cowley defpifed him . My lord diffuaded me from this attempt ...
... appear with more grace in their old habit . Of this opinion was that excellent perfon , whom I mentioned , the late earl of Leicester , who valued Chaucer as much as Mr. Cowley defpifed him . My lord diffuaded me from this attempt ...
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... appears that those of Boc- cace were not generally of his own making , but taken from authors of former ages , and by him only model- led : fo that what there was of invention in either of But Chaucer has refined them , may be judged ...
... appears that those of Boc- cace were not generally of his own making , but taken from authors of former ages , and by him only model- led : fo that what there was of invention in either of But Chaucer has refined them , may be judged ...
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... appears that this story was written before the time of Boccace ; but the name of its author being wholly loft , Chaucer is now become an original ; and I queftion not but the poem has received many beauties by paffing through his noble ...
... appears that this story was written before the time of Boccace ; but the name of its author being wholly loft , Chaucer is now become an original ; and I queftion not but the poem has received many beauties by paffing through his noble ...
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Page 43 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Page 242 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Page 93 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Page 298 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Page 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 26 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Page 66 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Page 239 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Page 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Page 132 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.