1 It is remarkable, that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses, but they are of ' ethereal race: ' ' Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of... Boswell's Life of Johnson - 319. oldalszerző: James Boswell - 1904Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| John Bell - 1777 - 644 oldal
...our hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Drydcn now. to CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. ; AH oot or ORAY'S. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...fields of glory bear, Two coursers of ethereal race, . CP acc With necks in thunder clo.,th 'd, and long.resoundi ng Hark, hishands the lyre explore) 5... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 oldal
...sapphire blaze. He saw; but, blasted with excess of light [9], Clos'd his eyes in endless night (y). Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race fz), With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace (a). III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 oldal
...rl;;vy of the Lord. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [8], Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race y, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resount pace z. III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 oldal
...tremble, while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear * Shakespeare. f Milton. Two Coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resounding... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 oldal
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race, Withnecks in thunder cloth'd, andlong-resoundingpace III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed... | |
| 1810 - 308 oldal
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, andlong-resoundingpace III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 652 oldal
...what Timotheus was is Dryden now. CHARACTER OF DRYDEN, FROM AN ODE OF CRAY. Behold, where Drydcn's less presumptuous car. Wide o'er the fields of glory bear: Two coursers of ethereal race, [рае* With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding Hark, his hands the 1зте explore ! Bright-ey'd... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 oldal
...they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night '*. liehold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two courses of ethereal race 1, With necks in thunder cloth'd •», and long-reeoundhig pace. Hark, his... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 oldal
...old,"- Bevil Higgons, and John Phillips of the Inner Temple. How little equal, collectively, to Gray's ' Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed and long-resounding pace. " corpore quadrate," as Lord Hailes some years... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 oldal
...old," Bevil Higgons, and John Phillips of the Inner Temple. How little equal, collectively, to Gray's ' Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, " corpore quadrato" as Lord Hailes some years ago observed to Mr. Malone, " a description which JCneas... | |
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