The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 35
... censure , and Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , fed with dedications ; for Tickell affirms that no dedicator was unrewarded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery ...
... censure , and Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , fed with dedications ; for Tickell affirms that no dedicator was unrewarded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery ...
Pàgina 38
... censure from those whom he forsook , and was received by the new ministry as a valuable reinforcement . When the Earl of Oxford was told that Dr. Parnell waited among the crowd in the outer room , he went , by the persuasion of Swift ...
... censure from those whom he forsook , and was received by the new ministry as a valuable reinforcement . When the Earl of Oxford was told that Dr. Parnell waited among the crowd in the outer room , he went , by the persuasion of Swift ...
Pàgina 50
... censure those of another persuasion . His conversation was pleasant , witty , and learned , without the least tincture of affectation or pedantry ; and his inimitable manner of diverting and enlivening the company made it impossible for ...
... censure those of another persuasion . His conversation was pleasant , witty , and learned , without the least tincture of affectation or pedantry ; and his inimitable manner of diverting and enlivening the company made it impossible for ...
Pàgina 52
... censure time has not left us the power of confirming or refuting ; but observation daily shows that much stress is not to be laid on hyperbolical accusations and pointed sentences , which even he that utters them desires to be applauded ...
... censure time has not left us the power of confirming or refuting ; but observation daily shows that much stress is not to be laid on hyperbolical accusations and pointed sentences , which even he that utters them desires to be applauded ...
Pàgina 53
... censure ; for they seem the casual sports of a mind seeking rather to amuse its leisure than to exercise its powers . In the construction of his dramas , there is not much art ; he is not a nice observer of the Unities . He extends time ...
... censure ; for they seem the casual sports of a mind seeking rather to amuse its leisure than to exercise its powers . In the construction of his dramas , there is not much art ; he is not a nice observer of the Unities . He extends time ...
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