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When our poet was at school , his father died , and so much in debt , that his
widow was obliged to sell the family estate at a considerable loss . As he had ,
however , received a liberal education , he is said to have communicated to his
son a ...
When our poet was at school , his father died , and so much in debt , that his
widow was obliged to sell the family estate at a considerable loss . As he had ,
however , received a liberal education , he is said to have communicated to his
son a ...
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... and if you try , I could wish it were on the last , which is less abstracted , and
more easily falls into poetry than common place . ... him into some reputation with
scholars and he did not perceive that it retarded his popularity as an English poet
.
... and if you try , I could wish it were on the last , which is less abstracted , and
more easily falls into poetry than common place . ... him into some reputation with
scholars and he did not perceive that it retarded his popularity as an English poet
.
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Johnson , however , wrote a few papers for our poet ; 66 not then , ” he added , “
knowing the terms on which Smart was engaged to write , and thinking I was
doing him good . I hoped his wits would soon return to him . Mine returned to me
...
Johnson , however , wrote a few papers for our poet ; 66 not then , ” he added , “
knowing the terms on which Smart was engaged to write , and thinking I was
doing him good . I hoped his wits would soon return to him . Mine returned to me
...
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In 1767 , our poet executed the design hinted at in Dr . Hawkesworth ' s letter , by
re . publishing his Horace , with a metrical translation , in which although we find
abund . ance of inaccuracies , irregular rhymes and redundancies , there are ...
In 1767 , our poet executed the design hinted at in Dr . Hawkesworth ' s letter , by
re . publishing his Horace , with a metrical translation , in which although we find
abund . ance of inaccuracies , irregular rhymes and redundancies , there are ...
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As a poet Smart exhibits indubitable proofs of genius , but few of a correct taste ,
and appears to have seldom exercised much labour , or employed cool judgment
in preparing his works for the public . Upon the whole therefore he is most ...
As a poet Smart exhibits indubitable proofs of genius , but few of a correct taste ,
and appears to have seldom exercised much labour , or employed cool judgment
in preparing his works for the public . Upon the whole therefore he is most ...
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Adrastus appears arms band bear beauty breast character charms chief death deep divine Earth ev'ry eyes fair fall fame fate fear field fire flow flower force give glory gods golden grace grove hand head hear heart Heav'n hero honour hope hour human kind king land leave light live lord lost mind mountains Muse nature never night o'er once pain peace plain poem poet pow'r praise present pride rage reason rest rise rose round sacred sense shade shore side skies smile soft soon soul sound spread spring stand stood strain streams sweet tears thee things thou thought trembling true truth turn vain virtue voice warriors waves wild winds youth
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Page 78 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 493 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 95 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 492 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Page 492 - All but yon widowed, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron — forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread...
Page 492 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 500 - Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see, Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restor'd to love and thee. "Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And ev'ry care resign: And shall we never, never part, My life, — my all that's mine. "No, never, from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true; The sigh that rends thy constant heart, Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Page 493 - Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green; Around the world each needful product flies, For all the luxuries the world supplies; While thus the land, adorn'd for pleasure all, In barren splendour feebly waits the fall.
Page 493 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 493 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, Johnson 16. köide of The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Alexander Chalmers 16. köide of Works of the English poets from Chaucer to Cowper : in twenty-one volumes / S. Johnson; Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 jaan. 2008 |
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