The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... genius which literary history records , I doubt whether any one can be produced that more surpasses the common limits of nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued controversy between Collier and the ...
... genius which literary history records , I doubt whether any one can be produced that more surpasses the common limits of nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued controversy between Collier and the ...
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... genius , and degraded him- self by conferring that authority over the national taste , which he takes from the poets , upon men of high rank and wide influence , but of less wit , and not greater virtue . Here is again discovered the ...
... genius , and degraded him- self by conferring that authority over the national taste , which he takes from the poets , upon men of high rank and wide influence , but of less wit , and not greater virtue . Here is again discovered the ...
Pàgina 38
... genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation . 24 ' Tis strange that an author should have a gamester's fate , and not know when to give over . Had the City Bard stopped his hand at ' Prince Arthur , ' he had missed knighthood ...
... genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation . 24 ' Tis strange that an author should have a gamester's fate , and not know when to give over . Had the City Bard stopped his hand at ' Prince Arthur , ' he had missed knighthood ...
Pàgina 39
... genius , and to industry and application many acquired accomplishments . His taste is dis- tinguishing , just , and delicate ; his judgment clear , and his reason strong , accompanied with an imagination full of spirit , of great com ...
... genius , and to industry and application many acquired accomplishments . His taste is dis- tinguishing , just , and delicate ; his judgment clear , and his reason strong , accompanied with an imagination full of spirit , of great com ...
Pàgina 41
... genius results from this particular happy complexion in the first formation of the person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limi- tations , as its active fire is blended and ...
... genius results from this particular happy complexion in the first formation of the person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limi- tations , as its active fire is blended and ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1864 |
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1854 |
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1866 |
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