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167. oldal
... the author may depend upon his own opinions ; but that , in those parts where
fancy predominates , self - love may easily deceive . He might have observed ,
that wlrar is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has
...
... the author may depend upon his own opinions ; but that , in those parts where
fancy predominates , self - love may easily deceive . He might have observed ,
that wlrar is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has
...
402. oldal
SAVAGE I T has been observed in all ages , that the advantages of nature or of
fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those
whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed ...
SAVAGE I T has been observed in all ages , that the advantages of nature or of
fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those
whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed ...
425. oldal
It was never denied to abound with strong representations of nature , and just
observations upon life ; and it may easily be observed , that most of his pictures
have an evident tendency to illustrate his first great position , “ that “ good is the ...
It was never denied to abound with strong representations of nature , and just
observations upon life ; and it may easily be observed , that most of his pictures
have an evident tendency to illustrate his first great position , “ that “ good is the ...
429. oldal
It may however be observed , that he did not appear to have formed very
elevated ideas of those to whom the administration of affairs , or the conduct of
parties , has been intrusted ; who have been considered as the advocates of the
crown , or ...
It may however be observed , that he did not appear to have formed very
elevated ideas of those to whom the administration of affairs , or the conduct of
parties , has been intrusted ; who have been considered as the advocates of the
crown , or ...
554. oldal
For this , if it had been real , he would deserve no commendation ; and in this he
was certainly not sincere , for his bigh value of himself was sufficiently observed ;
and of what could he be proud but of his poetry ? He writes , he says , when he ...
For this , if it had been real , he would deserve no commendation ; and in this he
was certainly not sincere , for his bigh value of himself was sufficiently observed ;
and of what could he be proud but of his poetry ? He writes , he says , when he ...
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Addison afterwards appears attention believe called character common considered continued conversation criticism death delight desire died discovered Dryden easily effect elegance English equal excellence expected expression favour formed friends gave genius give given hand honour hope imagination Italy kind King knowledge known Lady language learning least less letter lines lived Lord manner means mentioned Milton mind nature never night numbers observed obtained occasion once opinion original passed performance perhaps person play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise present probably produced published reader reason received remarks reputation Savage says seems sent shew sometimes soon success sufficient supposed tell thing thought tion told tragedy translation true verses virtue whole write written wrote Young
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565. oldal - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
559. oldal - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
11. oldal - Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts are always general, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness.
82. oldal - I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performance the second, among the productions of the human mind.
218. oldal - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
559. oldal - ... nor often to mend what he must have known to be faulty. He wrote, as he tells us, with very little consideration ; when occasion or necessity called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for, when he had no pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude.
205. oldal - There was therefore before the time of Dryden no poetical diction : no system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestic use and free from the harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts.
524. oldal - Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.
36. oldal - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
560. oldal - ... is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates;- the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred that of this poetical...
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | Lives 1. kötet/The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Szerző | Samuel Johnson |
| Szerkesztő | Samuel Johnson |
| Kiadó | A. Miller, 1800 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2006. nov. 23. |
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