Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksF. Warne, 1879 - 588 pàgines |
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... human reason can examine them , or human imagination represent them , is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed . In the examination of epic poems much speculation is commonly em- ployed upon the characters . The ...
... human reason can examine them , or human imagination represent them , is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed . In the examination of epic poems much speculation is commonly em- ployed upon the characters . The ...
Pàgina 73
... human actions nor human manners . The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state which no other man or woman can ever know . The reader finds no transaction in which he can be engaged ; beholds no condi- tion in which he can by any ...
... human actions nor human manners . The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state which no other man or woman can ever know . The reader finds no transaction in which he can be engaged ; beholds no condi- tion in which he can by any ...
Pàgina 509
... human ever was distressed ; to deliver them as nothing human ever was delivered ; is the business of a modern dramatist . For this , probability is violated , life is misrepresented , and language is depraved . But love is only one of ...
... human ever was distressed ; to deliver them as nothing human ever was delivered ; is the business of a modern dramatist . For this , probability is violated , life is misrepresented , and language is depraved . But love is only one of ...
Continguts
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 p I | 1 |
Complies with the times 5Neglected by the Court 6Produces | 18 |
acknowledged his obligations to Ben Jonson 28His diction 29His | 31 |
No s’hi han mostrat 34 seccions
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