The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... fhould have ended it . tells us , that the firft beauty of an Epic poem confifts in diction , that is , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers now , the words are the colouring of the work , which in the order of nature is laft ...
... fhould have ended it . tells us , that the firft beauty of an Epic poem confifts in diction , that is , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers now , the words are the colouring of the work , which in the order of nature is laft ...
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... fhould endeavour to raise pity : but , instead of this , Ovid is tickling you to laugh . Virgil never made ufe of fuch machines , when he was moving you to commiferate the death of Dido : he would not destroy what he was building ...
... fhould endeavour to raise pity : but , instead of this , Ovid is tickling you to laugh . Virgil never made ufe of fuch machines , when he was moving you to commiferate the death of Dido : he would not destroy what he was building ...
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... but was rightfully in Mortimer , who had mar- ried the heir of York ; it was not to be admired , I say , if that great politician fhould be pleafed to have the : greatest greatest wit of thofe times in his interefts , and 28 PREFACE .
... but was rightfully in Mortimer , who had mar- ried the heir of York ; it was not to be admired , I say , if that great politician fhould be pleafed to have the : greatest greatest wit of thofe times in his interefts , and 28 PREFACE .
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... fhould have inquired of Boccace or of Chaucer , what need they had of introducing such cha- racters , where obscene words were proper in their mouths , very indecent to be heard ; I know not what an- fwer they could have made : for that ...
... fhould have inquired of Boccace or of Chaucer , what need they had of introducing such cha- racters , where obscene words were proper in their mouths , very indecent to be heard ; I know not what an- fwer they could have made : for that ...
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... fhould arise , and say , I varied from my author , because I un- derstood him not . But there are other judges who think I ought not to have tranflated Chaucer into English , out of a quite contrary notion : they fuppofe there is a ...
... fhould arise , and say , I varied from my author , because I un- derstood him not . But there are other judges who think I ought not to have tranflated Chaucer into English , out of a quite contrary notion : they fuppofe there is a ...
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Page 43 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Page 242 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Page 93 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Page 298 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Page 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 26 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Page 66 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Page 239 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Page 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Page 132 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.