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
... performances ; and his style , if not so energetic , is at 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 ...
... performances ; and his style , if not so energetic , is at 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 ...
Pàgina 12
... performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , ( for May I hold to be superior to both , ) the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ...
... performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , ( for May I hold to be superior to both , ) the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ...
Pàgina 39
... performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously be- gun , and happily concluded , contain some ...
... performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously be- gun , and happily concluded , contain some ...
Pàgina 40
... performances by their just value , and has therefore closed his Mis- cellanies with the verses upon Crashaw , which ap- parently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly ...
... performances by their just value , and has therefore closed his Mis- cellanies with the verses upon Crashaw , which ap- parently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly ...
Pàgina 51
... , in the whole succession of English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be in- quired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work C 2 COWLEY . 51.
... , in the whole succession of English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be in- quired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work C 2 COWLEY . 51.
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