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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... fupplied by the kind- nefs of Mr. Steevens and others ; and great afsistance has been given me by Mr. Spence's Collections , of which I confider the communication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledgement . In the Edition of ...
... fupplied by the kind- nefs of Mr. Steevens and others ; and great afsistance has been given me by Mr. Spence's Collections , of which I confider the communication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledgement . In the Edition of ...
Pàgina 39
... fupplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily ... fupply , were at that time acceffions to English literature , and fhew fuch fkill as raifes our with for more examples ...
... fupplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily ... fupply , were at that time acceffions to English literature , and fhew fuch fkill as raifes our with for more examples ...
Pàgina 44
... fupplied with great perfpicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of lefs fkill feem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a tranf- Iation , it may be very ...
... fupplied with great perfpicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of lefs fkill feem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a tranf- Iation , it may be very ...
Pàgina 49
... fupplied fmooth- nefs of tranfition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the vary thing which makes that kind of pefy fit for all manner of fubjects . But he fhould have remembered ...
... fupplied fmooth- nefs of tranfition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the vary thing which makes that kind of pefy fit for all manner of fubjects . But he fhould have remembered ...
Pàgina 57
... fupplied by a wide furvey of life and na- ture , Cowley certainly errs , by introducing pe- dantry far more frequently than Taffo . I know not , indeed , why they fhould be compared : for the relemblance of Cowley's work to Taffo's is ...
... fupplied by a wide furvey of life and na- ture , Cowley certainly errs , by introducing pe- dantry far more frequently than Taffo . I know not , indeed , why they fhould be compared : for the relemblance of Cowley's work to Taffo's is ...
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