Essays and Criticisms, by Dr. Goldsmith;: With an Account of the Author. In Three Volumes, Volumen2J. Johnson, 1798 - 276 páginas |
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Página xxiii
... poet o'er all may prevail , Set fire to his head , and fet fire to his tail : For the joy of each fex on the world I'll beftow it , This fcholar , rake , chriftian , dupe , gamefter , and poet Though a mixture fo odd , he shall merit ...
... poet o'er all may prevail , Set fire to his head , and fet fire to his tail : For the joy of each fex on the world I'll beftow it , This fcholar , rake , chriftian , dupe , gamefter , and poet Though a mixture fo odd , he shall merit ...
Página 75
... poet : Thee too , my Paridel , fhe faw thee there , Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair ; And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness . It is not a common vacancy of thought , or an ordinary languor ...
... poet : Thee too , my Paridel , fhe faw thee there , Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair ; And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness . It is not a common vacancy of thought , or an ordinary languor ...
Página 136
... POET ' Tis long difputed , whether poets claim From Art or Nature their best right to fame ; , But Art , if not enrich'd by Nature's vein ,, And a rude Genius of uncultur'd strain ,, Are useless both ; but , when in friendship join'd ...
... POET ' Tis long difputed , whether poets claim From Art or Nature their best right to fame ; , But Art , if not enrich'd by Nature's vein ,, And a rude Genius of uncultur'd strain ,, Are useless both ; but , when in friendship join'd ...
Página 155
... Poet not only to paint characters , but also to defcribe mag- nificent and interefting fcenes of battle and adven- ture . Not that the Poet or Painter ought to be re- ftrained to the letter of hiftorical truth . History repre ...
... Poet not only to paint characters , but also to defcribe mag- nificent and interefting fcenes of battle and adven- ture . Not that the Poet or Painter ought to be re- ftrained to the letter of hiftorical truth . History repre ...
Página 168
... Poet bore a principal fhare . It was his genius that contrived the plan , that executed the form of worship , and ... Poets , in- viting mankind to gratify their sensual appetites , in imitation of the gods , who were certainly the beft ...
... Poet bore a principal fhare . It was his genius that contrived the plan , that executed the form of worship , and ... Poets , in- viting mankind to gratify their sensual appetites , in imitation of the gods , who were certainly the beft ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration Æneid affiftance againſt Alcanor alſo antient Baghdad beauty becauſe breaſt character cife circumftance compariſon confiderable conftitution dæmons Demetrius Phalereus Dervife difpofition diftinguiſhed Engliſh ESSAY ESSAY Eudofia exerciſe expreffion exprefs eyes faid fame Faſcination fatire fays feemed fenfe fenfibility fentiments feven feveral fhall fhort fide fimile firft firſt fituation fleep fome foon fpecies ftill ftork ftrength fubject fublime fuch fure genius GOLDSMITH Greenland heart herſelf Hiftory himſelf Homer houſe ideas Igluka Iliad inftances inftinct inſpired khaliph lady laft leaſt meaſure metaphors mind moft moſt mufic muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion Omrah paffed paffions perfon pleaſure Plutarch Poet Poetry poffeffed prefent purpoſe quæ Quintilian raiſed reafon ſays ſcene ſeem ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſkin ſome ſpirit ſtill ſuch Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranſport underſtanding uſed Virgil whofe whoſe word youth δὲ καὶ
Pasajes populares
Página 229 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 130 - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.
Página 166 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Página xxvi - Yet with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them. If mankind should happen to despise them, they are masters of their own admiration; and that they can plentifully bestow upon themselves.
Página xxvii - ... intercourse between the sexes than there is between two countries at war. The ladies indeed may ogle, and the gentlemen sigh; but an embargo is laid on any closer commerce.
Página xxi - Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Página xxix - PS. — Give my sincere respects (not compliments, do you mind) to your agreeable family, and give my service to my mother, if you see her; for, as you express it in Ireland, I have a sneaking kindness for her still. Direct to me, — Student in Physic, in Edinburgh.
Página xxii - There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation, of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. No deep root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated.
Página 204 - To be, or not to be — that is the queftion. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to fuffer The flings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, And by oppofing, end them.
Página xxvii - Scotch gentleman told me, (and, faith, I believe he was right) that I was a very great pedant for my pains.