The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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Pàgina xvii
... least more smoothed down to the taste of the generality of read- ers . The Lives of the English Poets ' formed a memorable era in Johnson's life . It is a work which has contributed to immortalize his name , and has secured that ...
... least more smoothed down to the taste of the generality of read- ers . The Lives of the English Poets ' formed a memorable era in Johnson's life . It is a work which has contributed to immortalize his name , and has secured that ...
Pàgina xxiv
... least I might , by attention and inquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my Biography . These omissions , which it is now useless to lament , have been often supplied by the kindness of MR ...
... least I might , by attention and inquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my Biography . These omissions , which it is now useless to lament , have been often supplied by the kindness of MR ...
Pàgina 2
... least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spen- ser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took de- light to read ...
... least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spen- ser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took de- light to read ...
Pàgina 21
... least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descrip- tions copied from descriptions , by imitations bor- rowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
... least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descrip- tions copied from descriptions , by imitations bor- rowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
Pàgina 22
... least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absur- dity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found , buried perhaps in grossness of ...
... least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absur- dity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found , buried perhaps in grossness of ...
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