The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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Pàgina 19
... sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sen- timent ; the plot is busy and ...
... sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sen- timent ; the plot is busy and ...
Pàgina 20
... sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just ...
... sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just ...
Pàgina 58
... sufficient to say that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something neither natural nor artificial , neither comic nor serious . The next ode is irregular , and therefore defective . As the senti- ments are pious , they cannot ...
... sufficient to say that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something neither natural nor artificial , neither comic nor serious . The next ode is irregular , and therefore defective . As the senti- ments are pious , they cannot ...
Pàgina 59
... sufficient , Contentment . " As to any Papers left behind him , I dare say they can be but few ; for this reason , He never wrote out of Vanity , or thought much of the Applause of Men . I know an Instance where he did his utmost to ...
... sufficient , Contentment . " As to any Papers left behind him , I dare say they can be but few ; for this reason , He never wrote out of Vanity , or thought much of the Applause of Men . I know an Instance where he did his utmost to ...
Pàgina 66
... sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of Pope and Arbuthnot . One purpose of it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward the Fossilist , a man not really or justly contemptible . It had the fate which such outrages ...
... sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of Pope and Arbuthnot . One purpose of it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward the Fossilist , a man not really or justly contemptible . It had the fate which such outrages ...
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