The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 5
... criticism , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit , upon that subject , which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to Hedelin and Bossû ; so ...
... criticism , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit , upon that subject , which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to Hedelin and Bossû ; so ...
Pàgina 11
... critic in the Greek tongue , from whom it came to my hands . The French version of Monsieur Boileau , though truly valuable , was far short of it . He proposed a large addition to this work , of notes and observations of his own , with ...
... critic in the Greek tongue , from whom it came to my hands . The French version of Monsieur Boileau , though truly valuable , was far short of it . He proposed a large addition to this work , of notes and observations of his own , with ...
Pàgina 15
... critics , and the critics only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found ...
... critics , and the critics only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found ...
Pàgina 18
... criticism , and by a cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was remarkable for the power of reading with great rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he so easily ...
... criticism , and by a cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was remarkable for the power of reading with great rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he so easily ...
Pàgina 39
... criticism it is seldom safe to contradict . He bestows just praise upon The Rise of Woman , The Fairy Tale , and The Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in The Battle of Mice and Frogs the Greek names have not in ...
... criticism it is seldom safe to contradict . He bestows just praise upon The Rise of Woman , The Fairy Tale , and The Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in The Battle of Mice and Frogs the Greek names have not in ...
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