Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Band 11854 |
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... says Jocelyn , his poetry , which in his youth he had employed in the praises of false gods , to a better use ; and now changing his opinion and language , composed more elegant poems to the honour of the omnipotent God and the praises ...
... says Jocelyn , his poetry , which in his youth he had employed in the praises of false gods , to a better use ; and now changing his opinion and language , composed more elegant poems to the honour of the omnipotent God and the praises ...
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... says Mr. Wright , in his valuable Biogra- IONA . phia Britannica Literaria , " that Columbanus was not ignorant of ancient history and fable , and that he had read attentively a cer- tain class of authors . The style is simple , and not ...
... says Mr. Wright , in his valuable Biogra- IONA . phia Britannica Literaria , " that Columbanus was not ignorant of ancient history and fable , and that he had read attentively a cer- tain class of authors . The style is simple , and not ...
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... says Mr. Wright , " is one in which , though devoid of the artificial ornaments of more refined poetry , the story marches on with a kind of lofty grandeur , which was well calculated to move the hearts of the hearers for whom it was ...
... says Mr. Wright , " is one in which , though devoid of the artificial ornaments of more refined poetry , the story marches on with a kind of lofty grandeur , which was well calculated to move the hearts of the hearers for whom it was ...
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... of the Provençal Poets , says , that Richard , being struck with the sweetness of that tongue , set с himself to compose a sonnet therein , which he sent. RICHARD I. ( 1159-1199 . ) THOMAS THE RHYMER'S TOWER . RICHARD I. 17.
... of the Provençal Poets , says , that Richard , being struck with the sweetness of that tongue , set с himself to compose a sonnet therein , which he sent. RICHARD I. ( 1159-1199 . ) THOMAS THE RHYMER'S TOWER . RICHARD I. 17.
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... says Mr. Ellis , " to attempt a defence of Robert of Gloucester's poetry as such ; perhaps his own wish was merely to render more generally intelligible a body of history which he consi- dered curious , and certainly believed to be ...
... says Mr. Ellis , " to attempt a defence of Robert of Gloucester's poetry as such ; perhaps his own wish was merely to render more generally intelligible a body of history which he consi- dered curious , and certainly believed to be ...
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Seite 212 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Seite 192 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted.
Seite 185 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Seite 187 - He was wont to go to his native country once a year. I think I have been told that he left 200?.
Seite 311 - Waller, though confessedly," says Clarendon, " the most guilty, with incredible dissimulation affected such a remorse of conscience, that his trial was put off, out of Christian compassion, till he might recover his understanding.
Seite 194 - 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.
Seite 186 - Yes, trust them not, for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Seite 60 - For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying. Though perchance From Blenheim's towers...
Seite 288 - His chiefest recreation was Musick, in which heavenly Art he was a most excellent Master, and did himself compose many divine Hymns and Anthems, which he set and sung to his Lute or Viol...
Seite 322 - Orpheus' lyre : If she sit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd, They round about her into arbours crowd : Or if she walks, in even ranks they stand, Like some well-marshal'd and obsequious band.