The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 14
... please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and to- * 1663 . Here is an error in the defignation of this comedy , which our author ...
... please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and to- * 1663 . Here is an error in the defignation of this comedy , which our author ...
Pàgina 65
... please at once . The pleasures of the mind imply fomething fudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always furprise . What is perceived by flow degrees may gratify us with con- fcioufnefs of improvement , but will never ftrike ...
... please at once . The pleasures of the mind imply fomething fudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always furprise . What is perceived by flow degrees may gratify us with con- fcioufnefs of improvement , but will never ftrike ...
Pàgina 80
... please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of profe , nor the spriteliness of poetry . Theftrength of Denham , " which Pope fo em phatically mentions , is to be found in many lines and ...
... please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of profe , nor the spriteliness of poetry . Theftrength of Denham , " which Pope fo em phatically mentions , is to be found in many lines and ...
Pàgina 95
... please , was yet fufficiently fafe ; and Milton ftaid two months more at Rome , and went on to Florence without moleftation . From Florence he vifited Lucca . He afterwards went to Venice ; and , having fent away a collection of mufick ...
... please , was yet fufficiently fafe ; and Milton ftaid two months more at Rome , and went on to Florence without moleftation . From Florence he vifited Lucca . He afterwards went to Venice ; and , having fent away a collection of mufick ...
Pàgina 139
... please . On this hiftory the licenser again fixed his claws , and before he would tranfmit it to the prefs tore out feveral parts . Some cenfures of the Saxon monks were taken away , left they fhould be applied to the mo- dern clergy ...
... please . On this hiftory the licenser again fixed his claws , and before he would tranfmit it to the prefs tore out feveral parts . Some cenfures of the Saxon monks were taken away , left they fhould be applied to the mo- dern clergy ...
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