The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 588 pàgines |
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... better man in England . " He is reprefented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this pofthumous 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 reprefented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this pofthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
Pàgina 18
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the fyllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry réx sunn , an imitative art , thele writers will ...
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the fyllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry réx sunn , an imitative art , thele writers will ...
Pàgina 36
... better tafte ; If it take air before its fpirits wafte . To the following comparifon of a man that tra- vels , and his wife that ftays at home , with a pair of compaffes , it may be doubted whether abfurdity or ingenuity has the better ...
... better tafte ; If it take air before its fpirits wafte . To the following comparifon of a man that tra- vels , and his wife that ftays at home , with a pair of compaffes , it may be doubted whether abfurdity or ingenuity has the better ...
Pàgina 75
... better way , but has not pur- fued it with great fuccefs . His verfions of Virgil are not pleafing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of profe , nor the ...
... better way , but has not pur- fued it with great fuccefs . His verfions of Virgil are not pleafing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of profe , nor the ...
Pàgina 76
... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his tranflation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be ftill found found the old manner of continuing the fenfe un- gracefully 76 DENHA M.
... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his tranflation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be ftill found found the old manner of continuing the fenfe un- gracefully 76 DENHA M.
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