The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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Pàgina 47
... censure , and Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedications ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unre- warded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of ...
... censure , and Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedications ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unre- warded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of ...
Pàgina 50
... censure from those whom he forsook , and was received by the new ministry as a valuable reinforcement . When the Earl of Oxford was told that Dr. Parnell waited among the crowd in the outer room , he went by the per- suasion of Swift ...
... censure from those whom he forsook , and was received by the new ministry as a valuable reinforcement . When the Earl of Oxford was told that Dr. Parnell waited among the crowd in the outer room , he went by the per- suasion of Swift ...
Pàgina 68
... censure those of another persuasion . His conversation was plea- sant , witty , and learned , without the least tincture of affectation or pedantry ; and his inimitable man- ner of diverting and enlivening the company made it impossible ...
... censure those of another persuasion . His conversation was plea- sant , witty , and learned , without the least tincture of affectation or pedantry ; and his inimitable man- ner of diverting and enlivening the company made it impossible ...
Pàgina 70
... censure time has not left us the power of confirming or refuting ; but observation daily shows , that much stress is not to be laid on hyper- bolical accusations , and pointed sentences , which even he that utters them desires to be ...
... censure time has not left us the power of confirming or refuting ; but observation daily shows , that much stress is not to be laid on hyper- bolical accusations , and pointed sentences , which even he that utters them desires to be ...
Pàgina 71
... censure ; for they seem the casual sports of a mind seeking rather to amuse its leisure than to exercise its powers . In the construction of his dramas , there is not much art ; he is not a nice observer of the unities . He extends time ...
... censure ; for they seem the casual sports of a mind seeking rather to amuse its leisure than to exercise its powers . In the construction of his dramas , there is not much art ; he is not a nice observer of the unities . He extends time ...
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