The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 13
... verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in va- rious measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of Trees , in heroick numbers . At the fame time were produced , from the fame univerfity , the two great Poets ...
... verfe ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in va- rious measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of Trees , in heroick numbers . At the fame time were produced , from the fame univerfity , the two great Poets ...
Pàgina 47
... verfe thou take delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that and smooth as this . In the Nemean ode the reader muft , in mere juf- tice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is faid of the original new moon , her tender ...
... verfe thou take delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that and smooth as this . In the Nemean ode the reader muft , in mere juf- tice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is faid of the original new moon , her tender ...
Pàgina 51
... verfe , makes this addrefs to the new year : Nay , if thou lov❜ft me , gentle year , Let not fo much as love be there , Vain , fruitless love I mean ; for , gentle year , Although I fear There's of this caution little need , Yet ...
... verfe , makes this addrefs to the new year : Nay , if thou lov❜ft me , gentle year , Let not fo much as love be there , Vain , fruitless love I mean ; for , gentle year , Although I fear There's of this caution little need , Yet ...
Pàgina 52
... verfe , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile the poet with the cri- tick , or to conceive how that can be the highest kind of writing in verfe which , according to Sprat , is chiefly ...
... verfe , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile the poet with the cri- tick , or to conceive how that can be the highest kind of writing in verfe which , according to Sprat , is chiefly ...
Pàgina 53
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. in which all kinds of verfe are fhaken together , is unhappily inferted in the Mufe Anglicana . Pinda- rism prevailed about half a century ; but at laft died gradually away , and ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. in which all kinds of verfe are fhaken together , is unhappily inferted in the Mufe Anglicana . Pinda- rism prevailed about half a century ; but at laft died gradually away , and ...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1864 |
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