The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment ; the plot is busy and intri ...
... sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment ; the plot is busy and intri ...
Pàgina 5
... sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and , with all those powers , exalted and invigorated by ...
... sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and , with all those powers , exalted and invigorated by ...
Pàgina 34
... sufficient to say , that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something neither natural nor ar- tificial , neither comic nor serious . The next ode is irregular , and therefore defective . As the sentiments are pious , they ...
... sufficient to say , that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something neither natural nor ar- tificial , neither comic nor serious . The next ode is irregular , and therefore defective . As the sentiments are pious , they ...
Pàgina 35
... sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare say they can be but few ; for this reason , he never wrote out of Vanity , or thought much of the Applause of men . I know an in- stance where he did his utmost to ...
... sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare say they can be but few ; for this reason , he never wrote out of Vanity , or thought much of the Applause of men . I know an in- stance where he did his utmost to ...
Pàgina 39
... sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assist- ance of Pope and Arbuthnot . One purpose of it was to bring into contempt dr . Woodward the fossilist , a man not really or justly contemptible . It had the fate which such outrages ...
... sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assist- ance of Pope and Arbuthnot . One purpose of it was to bring into contempt dr . Woodward the fossilist , a man not really or justly contemptible . It had the fate which such outrages ...
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