The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina 20
... censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the ...
... censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the ...
Pàgina 27
... censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi e fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the ...
... censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi e fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the ...
Pàgina 53
... censure little more than verbal . Something may be reasonably ascribed to venera- tion and compassion ; to veneration of his abilities , and compassion for his distresses , which made it fit to forgive his malice for his learning . He ...
... censure little more than verbal . Something may be reasonably ascribed to venera- tion and compassion ; to veneration of his abilities , and compassion for his distresses , which made it fit to forgive his malice for his learning . He ...
Pàgina 71
... censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life , did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are , requires a minute atten- tion , and employs the memory rather than the fancy ...
... censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life , did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are , requires a minute atten- tion , and employs the memory rather than the fancy ...
Pàgina 72
... censure ; for what Englishman can take delight in transcribing passages , which , if they lessen the reputation of Milton , diminish in some degree the honour of our country ? The generality of my scheme does not admit the frequent ...
... censure ; for what Englishman can take delight in transcribing passages , which , if they lessen the reputation of Milton , diminish in some degree the honour of our country ? The generality of my scheme does not admit the frequent ...
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