... contemporary, and the fourth and sixth of the former, with the fourth and first of the latter ; where several parallel places will occur to every one. Having now shown some parts, in which these two writers may be compared, it is a justice I owe to... The British Essayists: Guardian - Page 210by James Ferguson - 1819Full view - About this book
| 1747 - 584 pages
...hundred not yet quoted. O woful Day! 0 Day of Woe, quoth he, And woful 7, who live the Day to fee ! That Simplicity of Diction, the melancholy Flowing of the Numbers, the Solemnity of the Sound, and the eafy Turn of the Words, in this Dirge (to make ufe of our Author's Expreffion) are... | |
| Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - 1750 - 500 pages
...Awake my pipe ; in ev'ry note exprefs Fair Stella's death, and Colinet's diilrefs. О woeful day ! О day of woe ! quoth he ; And woeful I, who live the day to fee ! That ever flic could die ! О moil unkind, To go, and leave thy Colinet behind ! And yet, why... | |
| Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - 1753 - 418 pages
...can compare with him. Firft, the beautiful rufti. city, of which I mall now produce two inftances eat of a hundred not yet quoted. O woeful day ! O day...of woe, quoth he> And woeful I, who live the day to fee ! That fimplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the folemnity of the found,... | |
| Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...him. Firft, the beautiful rufticity, of which I fhall now produce two inftancea out of a hundred nor yet quoted. : ..•« O woeful day ! O day of woe, quoth he, And woeful I, who live the day to fee ! That fimplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the folemnity of the found,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1760 - 436 pages
...can compare with him. Firft, That beautiful rufticit-y, of which I mall only produce two inftances out of a hundred not yet quoted : O woeful day / O day ofwoe ! quoth he,. Andwoeful I, who live the day to fee ! The fimpljcity of diclion, the melancholy... | |
| John Adams - 1789 - 376 pages
...faithful fhepherd he. Awake, my pipe ! in ev'ry note exprefs Fair Stella's death, and Colinet's diftrefs. O woeful day! O day of woe! quoth he ; And woeful I, who live the day to fee! That ever fhe could die ! O moft unkind, To go, and leave thy Colinet behind ! And yet, why blame... | |
| 1803 - 440 pages
...two writers may be compared, it is a justice I owe to Mr. Philips, to discover those in which no man can compare with him. First, That beautiful Rusticity...two instances, out of a hundred not yet quoted. O woful day ! O day of woe, quoth he, And waful I, who live the day to see! That simplicity of diction,... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 380 pages
...several parallel places will occur to every one. to Mr. Philips, to discover those in which no man can compare with him. First, that beautiful rusticity,...produce two instances, out of a hundred not yet quoted : ' 0 woful day ! O day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to see ?' That simplicity of... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 540 pages
...man can compare with him. Firft, That beautiful rufticity, of which I mall only produce two inftances out of a hundred not yet quoted : " O woeful day !...woe ! quoth he, " And woeful I, who live the day to fee !" The fimplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the folemnity of the found,... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 538 pages
...can compare with him. Firft, That beautiful rufticity, of which I fhall only produce two inftances out of a hundred not yet quoted : " O woeful day !...woe! quoth he, " And woeful I, 'who live the day to fee !" The fimplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the folemnity of the found,... | |
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