The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 2
... leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and juftly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spencers ' Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till ...
... leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and juftly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spencers ' Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till ...
Pàgina 22
... leaft neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from defcriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and heredi ...
... leaft neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from defcriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and heredi ...
Pàgina 53
... leaft , confeffed to have mifcarried . There not many examples of fo great a work , pro- duced by an author generally read , and generally praifed , that has crept through a century with fo are E 3 little little regard . Whatever is ...
... leaft , confeffed to have mifcarried . There not many examples of fo great a work , pro- duced by an author generally read , and generally praifed , that has crept through a century with fo are E 3 little little regard . Whatever is ...
Pàgina 66
... leaft to our ears , will appear by a paffage , in which every reader will lament to fee juft and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language : Where honour or where confcience does not bind , No other law fhall ...
... leaft to our ears , will appear by a paffage , in which every reader will lament to fee juft and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language : Where honour or where confcience does not bind , No other law fhall ...
Pàgina 83
... leaft lefs dex- trous in the use of words ; and though they had been more frequent , they could only have leffened the grace , not the ftrength of his compofition . He is one of the writers that improved our tafte , and advanced our ...
... leaft lefs dex- trous in the use of words ; and though they had been more frequent , they could only have leffened the grace , not the ftrength of his compofition . He is one of the writers that improved our tafte , and advanced our ...
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