The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 19
... 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 criticifm has rightly denominated ́poetry réx μninn , an imitative art , thefe writers ...
... 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 criticifm has rightly denominated ́poetry réx μninn , an imitative art , thefe writers ...
Pàgina 38
... better taste ; If it take air before its fpirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that tra- vels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compaffes , it may be doubted whether abfurdity or ingenuity has better claim ...
... better taste ; If it take air before its fpirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that tra- vels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compaffes , it may be doubted whether abfurdity or ingenuity has better claim ...
Pàgina 79
... , not only by critical knowledge , but by poetical genius , who yet , by a miftaken ambition of exactnefs , degraded at once their originals and themselves . Denham Denham faw the better way , but has not purfued DE N H A M 79.
... , not only by critical knowledge , but by poetical genius , who yet , by a miftaken ambition of exactnefs , degraded at once their originals and themselves . Denham Denham faw the better way , but has not purfued DE N H A M 79.
Pàgina 80
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Denham faw the better way , but has not purfued it with great fuccefs . His verfions of Virgil are not pleafing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Denham faw the better way , but has not purfued it with great fuccefs . His verfions of Virgil are not pleafing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation ...
Pàgina 81
... better practice , as he gains more confi- dence in himself . In his tranflation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be ftill found the old manner of continuing the fenfe ungracefully from verfe to verfe ...
... better practice , as he gains more confi- dence in himself . In his tranflation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be ftill found the old manner of continuing the fenfe ungracefully from verfe to verfe ...
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Æneid againſt anſwer appears becauſe cenfured Charles Dryden compofition confidered converfation Cowley criticifm defign defire delight diſcovered Donne Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh expreffed expreffions fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure genius himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden juft King labour laft leaft learning leaſt lefs lines Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reafon reft Regifter reprefented rhyme ſeems thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tragedy tranflation univerfity uſed verfe verfification verſes Virgil Waller whofe write written