Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2J. Murray, 1807 |
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... Boileau about a passage in Longinus , and several years afterwards , in revising Moreri's dictionary gave a short sarcastic notice of the poet's brother ; in which he calls him the elder brother of him who has written the book , en ...
... Boileau about a passage in Longinus , and several years afterwards , in revising Moreri's dictionary gave a short sarcastic notice of the poet's brother ; in which he calls him the elder brother of him who has written the book , en ...
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... Boileau's Lutrin , and his other pamphlet poems , in respect of Perrault's and Chapelain's St. Paulin and la Pucelle . These seem to pay a deference to the reader's quick and great understanding ; those to mistrust his capacity , and to ...
... Boileau's Lutrin , and his other pamphlet poems , in respect of Perrault's and Chapelain's St. Paulin and la Pucelle . These seem to pay a deference to the reader's quick and great understanding ; those to mistrust his capacity , and to ...
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... distinguishes between a romantic poem and a regular epic . They both have perfected their designs , but these are different . Boileau some time before his death , was asked by a critic , if he had repented of his 150 ARIOSTO AND TASSO .
... distinguishes between a romantic poem and a regular epic . They both have perfected their designs , but these are different . Boileau some time before his death , was asked by a critic , if he had repented of his 150 ARIOSTO AND TASSO .
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... Boileau , who hurled his bolts at the violators of classical majesty . It is supposed that he was ignorant of the Italian language ; no positive marks of his knowledge can be traced in his works ; I find one or two quota- tions , but ...
... Boileau , who hurled his bolts at the violators of classical majesty . It is supposed that he was ignorant of the Italian language ; no positive marks of his knowledge can be traced in his works ; I find one or two quota- tions , but ...
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... Boileau opens his Art of Poetry by a common precept ; he declares that ' It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the height of Par nassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven , and that his natal star has not ...
... Boileau opens his Art of Poetry by a common precept ; he declares that ' It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the height of Par nassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven , and that his natal star has not ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abbé admirable Ćneid amuse ancient anec anecdotes appear Ariosto Aristotle Astrea bard Bayle beautiful becauſe Boileau Brantome called Cardinal Richelieu celebrated character Cicero composed composition court Crebillon critic curious death delight Duke employed English eyes father fatire favour favourite fire Folly French frequently genius give hand Henry VIII Homer honour humour imagination imitation ingenious intereſting Italian Jesuit king labours lady learned letters literary literature lively majesty manner marriage memoirs merit Metastasio Milton mind moſt muſt never notice observes occasion pamphlets passion Perceforest perhaps Perizonius persons Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry Pope prince Queen Racine racters reader ridiculous romance satire says Scarron Scioppius shew ſhould singular solitude ſome ſtudies ſuch Tasso taste theſe thing thoſe thou tion verses Virgil Virgin Voltaire volumes whoſe word writers written wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 483 - Two such I saw what time the laboured ox In his loose traces from the furrow came, And the swinkt hedger at his supper sat...
Página 470 - En vain contre le Cid un ministre se ligue : Tout Paris pour Chimčne a les yeux de Rodrigue.
Página 478 - ... angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Página 489 - O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers! protect my son! Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown, Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age! So when triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim, And say, 'This chief transcends his father's fame.' While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His...
Página 139 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Página 460 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Página 461 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Página 64 - I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition ; it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his cooled imagination, when he shall consider what an odd and unworthy piece of folly he hath committed.
Página 469 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Página 462 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...