The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works, Volum 1G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, W. Robinson and Sons, Liverpool, E. Thomson, Manchester, J. Noble, Hull, J. Wilson, Berwick, W. Whyte and Company, Edinburgh, and R. Griffin and Company, Glasgow, 1820 |
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Pàgina 16
... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
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... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry xx , an imitative art , these writers will ...
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry xx , an imitative art , these writers will ...
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... better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that tra- vels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim ...
... better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that tra- vels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim ...
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... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor DENHAM . 75.
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor DENHAM . 75.
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... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
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