The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... criticism ; and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit , upon that sub- ject , which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to Hedelin and Bossu ; so ...
... criticism ; and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit , upon that sub- ject , which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to Hedelin and Bossu ; so ...
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... critics , and the critics only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit , had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found ...
... critics , and the critics only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit , had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found ...
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... criticism it is seldom safe to contradict . He bestows just praise upon The Rise of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and Frogs the Greek names have not in ...
... criticism it is seldom safe to contradict . He bestows just praise upon The Rise of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and Frogs the Greek names have not in ...
Pàgina 53
... criticism relates only to the pieces published by Pope . Of the large appendages which I find int the last edition , I can only say , that I know not whence they came , nor have ever inquired whither they are going . They stand upon the ...
... criticism relates only to the pieces published by Pope . Of the large appendages which I find int the last edition , I can only say , that I know not whence they came , nor have ever inquired whither they are going . They stand upon the ...
Pàgina 59
... criticism ; but the composition can seldom be charged with inaccuracy or negli- gence . The author never slumbers in self - indul- gence ; his full vigour is always exerted ; scarcely a line is left unfinished ; nor is it easy to find ...
... criticism ; but the composition can seldom be charged with inaccuracy or negli- gence . The author never slumbers in self - indul- gence ; his full vigour is always exerted ; scarcely a line is left unfinished ; nor is it easy to find ...
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