The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina viii
... knowledge of the literary history of England since the Restoration was unrivalled . That knowledge he had derived partly from books , and partly from sources which had long been closed ; from old Grub Street traditions ; from the talk ...
... knowledge of the literary history of England since the Restoration was unrivalled . That knowledge he had derived partly from books , and partly from sources which had long been closed ; from old Grub Street traditions ; from the talk ...
Pàgina xvi
... knowledge , 420 - His genius , 421 - His Epitaphs , 433 . CHRISTOPHER PITT , 1699-1748 p . 441 Born at Blandford , 441 - Educated at Winchester and New College , 441 - His Translation of Virgil , 442- " Pitt pleases the critic , Dryden ...
... knowledge , 420 - His genius , 421 - His Epitaphs , 433 . CHRISTOPHER PITT , 1699-1748 p . 441 Born at Blandford , 441 - Educated at Winchester and New College , 441 - His Translation of Virgil , 442- " Pitt pleases the critic , Dryden ...
Pàgina 10
... knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have ...
... knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have ...
Pàgina 11
... knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In everything there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injured by extrinsic blows : Your youth and beauty are this balm in you.ni But you , of learning and ...
... knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In everything there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injured by extrinsic blows : Your youth and beauty are this balm in you.ni But you , of learning and ...
Pàgina 19
... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily con- cluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily con- cluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
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