The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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... pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and By May's Poem we are to understand a continuation of " Lucan's Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , " by Thomas May , an eminent poet ...
... pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and By May's Poem we are to understand a continuation of " Lucan's Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , " by Thomas May , an eminent poet ...
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... pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving the affections . As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no ...
... pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving the affections . As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no ...
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... pleased the eyes ; This he with starry vapours sprinkles all , Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall ; Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade , The choicest piece cut out , a scarf is made . This is a just specimen of Cowley's ...
... pleased the eyes ; This he with starry vapours sprinkles all , Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall ; Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade , The choicest piece cut out , a scarf is made . This is a just specimen of Cowley's ...
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... pleased . The questions , whether the action of the poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be properly termed heroic , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgment rather from books than ...
... pleased . The questions , whether the action of the poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be properly termed heroic , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgment rather from books than ...
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... pleased for almost a century , through all the vicissitudes of dramatic fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestic tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not ...
... pleased for almost a century , through all the vicissitudes of dramatic fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestic tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not ...
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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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