A History of English LiteratureMacmillan, 1901 - 534 oldal |
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... Johnson , " began nearly together . " Johnson then points out that the versification in his earliest poem , written in his eighteenth year , was exactly the same as appears in his last : " With the sweet sound of this harmonious lay ...
... Johnson , " began nearly together . " Johnson then points out that the versification in his earliest poem , written in his eighteenth year , was exactly the same as appears in his last : " With the sweet sound of this harmonious lay ...
245. oldal
... Johnson's dictum- " Milton's poetry crowds the imagination . " ( 4 ) The Verse of Milton . Care must be taken in reading the verse of Milton , not be- cause he brought in anything new with regard to metre , but because he made use of ...
... Johnson's dictum- " Milton's poetry crowds the imagination . " ( 4 ) The Verse of Milton . Care must be taken in reading the verse of Milton , not be- cause he brought in anything new with regard to metre , but because he made use of ...
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... Johnson in 1780 , " not much read , nor perhaps gener- ally understood . . . . Yet the poetry has claims to popularity widely independent of the temporary nature of the subject . " The lines on the instability of public opinion well ...
... Johnson in 1780 , " not much read , nor perhaps gener- ally understood . . . . Yet the poetry has claims to popularity widely independent of the temporary nature of the subject . " The lines on the instability of public opinion well ...
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... Johnson said , the English people were taught " to think naturally , and to express forcibly . " 59. Dryden's Prose Work . Dryden's prose , though less copious than either his poetry or his drama , was of greater value in the ...
... Johnson said , the English people were taught " to think naturally , and to express forcibly . " 59. Dryden's Prose Work . Dryden's prose , though less copious than either his poetry or his drama , was of greater value in the ...
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... Johnson , when he made his comparison between Dryden and the Emperor Augustus . Johnson declared that the influence of Dryden upon the English language had resembled the influence of Augustus upon Rome . He had found Rome brick , and ...
... Johnson , when he made his comparison between Dryden and the Emperor Augustus . Johnson declared that the influence of Dryden upon the English language had resembled the influence of Augustus upon Rome . He had found Rome brick , and ...
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424. oldal - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice I And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry,
301. oldal - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
356. oldal - Winter, yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely rends thy robes, — So long, regardful of thy quiet rule, Shall Fancy, Friendship, Science, smiling Peace, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name.
218. oldal - Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied. That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, — How...
421. oldal - Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. — Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
404. oldal - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
257. oldal - 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...
199. oldal - Shake hands for ever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain.
233. oldal - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
187. oldal - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.