The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina 2
... never could prevail on him to learn the rules without book . ' He does not tell that he could not learn the rules ; but that , being able to perform his exercises without them , and being an " enemy to constraint , " he spared himself ...
... never could prevail on him to learn the rules without book . ' He does not tell that he could not learn the rules ; but that , being able to perform his exercises without them , and being an " enemy to constraint , " he spared himself ...
Pàgina 3
... never within the possibility of com- mitting , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited , and sometimes ...
... never within the possibility of com- mitting , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited , and sometimes ...
Pàgina 9
... never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he ...
... never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he ...
Pàgina 27
... never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted ; and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and replenished by study . In the general review ...
... never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted ; and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and replenished by study . In the general review ...
Pàgina 56
... never happily flowed but from the autumnal equinox to the vernal ; and that what- ever he attempted at other times was never to his satisfaction , though he courted his fancy never so much ; so that , in all the years he was about this ...
... never happily flowed but from the autumnal equinox to the vernal ; and that what- ever he attempted at other times was never to his satisfaction , though he courted his fancy never so much ; so that , in all the years he was about this ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... Samuel Johnson,Sir Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1871 |
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