The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 1253 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... fubject , diligently examined , from Ariftotle down to Hede- lin and Boffu ; fo that , having each rule conftantly before him , he could carry the art through every poem , and at once point out the graces and defor- mities . By this ...
... fubject , diligently examined , from Ariftotle down to Hede- lin and Boffu ; fo that , having each rule conftantly before him , he could carry the art through every poem , and at once point out the graces and defor- mities . By this ...
Pàgina 9
... fubject of useful literature , nobody fhone to greater advantage ; he seemed to be that Memmius whom Lucretius fpeaks of : -Quem tu , Dea , tempore in omni Omnibus ornatum voluifti excellere rebus . His works are not many , and thofe ...
... fubject of useful literature , nobody fhone to greater advantage ; he seemed to be that Memmius whom Lucretius fpeaks of : -Quem tu , Dea , tempore in omni Omnibus ornatum voluifti excellere rebus . His works are not many , and thofe ...
Pàgina 10
... fubject that passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquifite fkill , a warm imagination , and a cool judgement , poffibly could beftow on it . The epique , lyrick , elegiac ...
... fubject that passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquifite fkill , a warm imagination , and a cool judgement , poffibly could beftow on it . The epique , lyrick , elegiac ...
Pàgina 22
... fubject will not eafily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the paffions , in which I suspect him to have had lefs power . Having formed ...
... fubject will not eafily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the paffions , in which I suspect him to have had lefs power . Having formed ...
Pàgina 36
... " and being " fo little equal and proportioned to the re- " nown of a prince on whom they were written ; " fuch great actions and lives deferving to be the “ fubject " fubject of the nobleft pens and moft divine phan- ( 36 ) SPRAT.
... " and being " fo little equal and proportioned to the re- " nown of a prince on whom they were written ; " fuch great actions and lives deferving to be the “ fubject " fubject of the nobleft pens and moft divine phan- ( 36 ) SPRAT.
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