The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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Pàgina 18
... better man in England . " He is represented by dr . Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
... better man in England . " He is represented by dr . Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
Pàgina 19
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉXYĦ μupŋTIKǹ , an imitative art , these ...
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉXYĦ μupŋTIKǹ , an imitative art , these ...
Pàgina 34
... better taste ; If it take air before , its spirits waste . To the following comparison , of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better ...
... better taste ; If it take air before , its spirits waste . To the following comparison , of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better ...
Pàgina 64
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
Pàgina 65
... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
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