The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS : WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORKS . BY SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED AND REVISED . IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . II ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS : WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORKS . BY SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED AND REVISED . IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . II ...
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... plan ; who says , in his " Art of Poetry : " -Ego nec studium sine divite venâ , Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium : alterius sic Altera poscit opem res , et conjurat amice . He was endowed by nature with all those excel- lent SMITH .
... plan ; who says , in his " Art of Poetry : " -Ego nec studium sine divite venâ , Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium : alterius sic Altera poscit opem res , et conjurat amice . He was endowed by nature with all those excel- lent SMITH .
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... poet in awe by regular criticism ; and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement ... Poetry ; according to which he judged , ap- proved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he did not ...
... poet in awe by regular criticism ; and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement ... Poetry ; according to which he judged , ap- proved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he did not ...
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... poetry : he was of Ben Jonson's opinion , who could not admire Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him ...
... poetry : he was of Ben Jonson's opinion , who could not admire Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him ...
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... poetry he touched upon ( and he had touched upon a great variety ) , was raised to its proper height , and the differences between each of them observed with a judicious accuracy . We saw the old rules and new beauties placed in ...
... poetry he touched upon ( and he had touched upon a great variety ) , was raised to its proper height , and the differences between each of them observed with a judicious accuracy . We saw the old rules and new beauties placed in ...
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