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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... lines : So many languages he had in ftore , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . The fimile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his youth , is compared to Etna flaming through the fnow , which Smith has ufed with great ...
... lines : So many languages he had in ftore , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . The fimile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his youth , is compared to Etna flaming through the fnow , which Smith has ufed with great ...
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... lines . His poems are not below mediocrity ; nor have I found much in them to be praised . He was admitted there in 1670 ; was elected to Trinity · College , Cambridge , in 1675 ; and took his mafter's degree in 1682 . N. † They make a ...
... lines . His poems are not below mediocrity ; nor have I found much in them to be praised . He was admitted there in 1670 ; was elected to Trinity · College , Cambridge , in 1675 ; and took his mafter's degree in 1682 . N. † They make a ...
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... has been praised at leaft equally to its merit . In the Difpenfary there is a strain of smooth and free verfification ; but few lines are eminently elegant . ! elegant . No paffages fall below mediocrity , and few 58 GARTH .
... has been praised at leaft equally to its merit . In the Difpenfary there is a strain of smooth and free verfification ; but few lines are eminently elegant . ! elegant . No paffages fall below mediocrity , and few 58 GARTH .
Pàgina 72
... lines . This character Rowe has very diligently and fuccefsfully preferved . His verfification , which is fuch as his contem- poraries practifed , without any attempt at innovation or improvement , feldom wants either melody or force ...
... lines . This character Rowe has very diligently and fuccefsfully preferved . His verfification , which is fuch as his contem- poraries practifed , without any attempt at innovation or improvement , feldom wants either melody or force ...
Pàgina 103
... lines of Cato , which were at once de- tection and reproof . The bill was laid afide during that feffion ; and Addifon died before the next , in which its commitment was rejected by two hun- dred and fixty - five to one hundred and ...
... lines of Cato , which were at once de- tection and reproof . The bill was laid afide during that feffion ; and Addifon died before the next , in which its commitment was rejected by two hun- dred and fixty - five to one hundred and ...
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