The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina 7
... perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies for his bad play ; Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say : Nor would he have had ...
... perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies for his bad play ; Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say : Nor would he have had ...
Pàgina 10
... 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 more propriety though less copiousness ...
... 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 more propriety though less copiousness ...
Pàgina 27
... perhaps the perception of this growing incumbrance inclined him to stop . By this abruption , pos- terity lost more instruction than delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been ...
... perhaps the perception of this growing incumbrance inclined him to stop . By this abruption , pos- terity lost more instruction than delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been ...
Pàgina 28
... perhaps of any other poet . He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily adopted that which was predominant . He saw a certain way to present praise ; and , not sufficiently ...
... perhaps of any other poet . He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily adopted that which was predominant . He saw a certain way to present praise ; and , not sufficiently ...
Pàgina 31
... perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise : He , who defers this work from day to day , Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone , Which runs ...
... perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise : He , who defers this work from day to day , Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone , Which runs ...
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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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