The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... learning and elocution , he will never be able to express any thing either natur- ally or justly . ' THIS is not very decent ; yet this is one of the pages in which criticism prevails over brutal fury . He proceeds : He has a heavy hand ...
... learning and elocution , he will never be able to express any thing either natur- ally or justly . ' THIS is not very decent ; yet this is one of the pages in which criticism prevails over brutal fury . He proceeds : He has a heavy hand ...
Pàgina 19
... learning , and all comes into his play . " TWOULD have done well too if he could have met with the rant or two , worth the observation ; such as , • Move swiftly , Sun , and fly a lover's pace , Leave months and weeks behind thee in thy ...
... learning , and all comes into his play . " TWOULD have done well too if he could have met with the rant or two , worth the observation ; such as , • Move swiftly , Sun , and fly a lover's pace , Leave months and weeks behind thee in thy ...
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... learning then almost new in the English lan- guage , and which he , who had considered with great accuracy the principles of writing , was able to dis- tribute copiously as occasions arose . By these dis- sertations the publick judgment ...
... learning then almost new in the English lan- guage , and which he , who had considered with great accuracy the principles of writing , was able to dis- tribute copiously as occasions arose . By these dis- sertations the publick judgment ...
Pàgina 61
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
Pàgina 65
... learning . He mentions but few books , and those such as lie in the beaten track of regular study ; from which if ever he departs , he is in dan- ger of losing himself in unknown regions . $ IN his Dialogue on the Drama , he pronounces ...
... learning . He mentions but few books , and those such as lie in the beaten track of regular study ; from which if ever he departs , he is in dan- ger of losing himself in unknown regions . $ IN his Dialogue on the Drama , he pronounces ...
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