The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina 31
... opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ...
... opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ...
Pàgina 43
... opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Οτι ποι ἐν μεγάροισι κακόντ ' ἀγαθόντε τέτυκται . Of institutions we may judge by their effects . From this wonder - working academy , I do not know that there ...
... opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Οτι ποι ἐν μεγάροισι κακόντ ' ἀγαθόντε τέτυκται . Of institutions we may judge by their effects . From this wonder - working academy , I do not know that there ...
Pàgina 44
... opinion of his own merit was like Milton's , less provoca- tion than this might have raised violent resentment . Milton soon deter- mined to repudiate her for disobedience ; and , being one of those who could easily find arguments to ...
... opinion of his own merit was like Milton's , less provoca- tion than this might have raised violent resentment . Milton soon deter- mined to repudiate her for disobedience ; and , being one of those who could easily find arguments to ...
Pàgina 53
Samuel Johnson. his sense of danger to his opinion of the importance of his writings , thought it convenient to seek some shelter , and hid himself for a time in Bartholo- mew - close , by West Smithfield . I cannot but remark a kind of ...
Samuel Johnson. his sense of danger to his opinion of the importance of his writings , thought it convenient to seek some shelter , and hid himself for a time in Bartholo- mew - close , by West Smithfield . I cannot but remark a kind of ...
Pàgina 56
... opinion Philips has mis- taken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares , that with the advance of the spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is answered , that ...
... opinion Philips has mis- taken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares , that with the advance of the spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is answered , that ...
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