The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 22
... praise , fhe grew fond of his perfon . Swift was then about forty- seven , at an age when vanity is strongly excited by the amorous attention of a young woman . If it be faid that Swift fhould have checked a paffion which he never meant ...
... praise , fhe grew fond of his perfon . Swift was then about forty- seven , at an age when vanity is strongly excited by the amorous attention of a young woman . If it be faid that Swift fhould have checked a paffion which he never meant ...
Pàgina 55
... praise ; but of Sandys he declared , in his notes to the " Iliad , ” that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his tranflations . Sandys very rarely attempted original compofition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his pro ...
... praise ; but of Sandys he declared , in his notes to the " Iliad , ” that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his tranflations . Sandys very rarely attempted original compofition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his pro ...
Pàgina 58
... of his numbers furpaffed his original : but this is a fmall part of his praise ; he discovers fuch acquaint- ance both with human and public affairs , as is not W cafily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of eafily 58 POPE .
... of his numbers furpaffed his original : but this is a fmall part of his praise ; he discovers fuch acquaint- ance both with human and public affairs , as is not W cafily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of eafily 58 POPE .
Pàgina 61
... praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himfelf , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleafant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with contempt ...
... praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himfelf , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleafant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with contempt ...
Pàgina 72
... praise for a long time without difturb- ance . Many years afterwards Dennis published fome remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already fettled , and it was no longer at the ...
... praise for a long time without difturb- ance . Many years afterwards Dennis published fome remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already fettled , and it was no longer at the ...
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