The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... Diction- ary , and thanks God he has done with him . ” — To which Johnson returned this good - humoured and brief answer : " Samuel Johnson returns his com- pliments to Mr. Andrew Millar , and is very glad to find , as he does by his ...
... Diction- ary , and thanks God he has done with him . ” — To which Johnson returned this good - humoured and brief answer : " Samuel Johnson returns his com- pliments to Mr. Andrew Millar , and is very glad to find , as he does by his ...
Pàgina 12
... Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles the First . much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the diction 12 COWLEY .
... Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles the First . much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the diction 12 COWLEY .
Pàgina 13
... diction of Rome to his own conceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long service , and with consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abili- ties , he naturally expected ample ...
... diction of Rome to his own conceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long service , and with consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abili- ties , he naturally expected ample ...
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... diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of lan- guage . C. Elist Defel WIT long ? ' I If by a more noble and more ...
... diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of lan- guage . C. Elist Defel WIT long ? ' I If by a more noble and more ...
Pàgina 41
... diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ...
... diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ...
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