Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 pàgines |
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... well in his imitation of ' Paradise Lost , ' but was quite wrong in endeavouring to imitate it on such a subject . - POPE : Spence by Singer , p . 174 . APPENDIX . APPENDIX . The following Fragment , written by Edmund Smith.
... well in his imitation of ' Paradise Lost , ' but was quite wrong in endeavouring to imitate it on such a subject . - POPE : Spence by Singer , p . 174 . APPENDIX . APPENDIX . The following Fragment , written by Edmund Smith.
Pàgina 70
... endeavoured rather to divert than astonish- that his thought seldom aspired to sublimity - and that , if his verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy his ...
... endeavoured rather to divert than astonish- that his thought seldom aspired to sublimity - and that , if his verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy his ...
Pàgina 98
... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found some physicians mean enough to solicit their patron- age , by betraying to them the counsels of the College . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict , in ...
... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found some physicians mean enough to solicit their patron- age , by betraying to them the counsels of the College . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict , in ...
Pàgina 133
... endeavoured to make mirth instructive , and if they failed in this great end , they must be allowed , at least , to have made it innocent . - ADDISON : The Freeholder , No. 45 . + Eustace Budgell ( d . 1737 ) , a kinsman of Addison ...
... endeavoured to make mirth instructive , and if they failed in this great end , they must be allowed , at least , to have made it innocent . - ADDISON : The Freeholder , No. 45 . + Eustace Budgell ( d . 1737 ) , a kinsman of Addison ...
Pàgina 145
... endeavouring always to word it too finely . He had too beautiful an imagina- tion to make a man of business . - POPE : Spence by Singer , p . 175 . 78 It may be inferred from a letter of Lady M. W. Montagu to Pope , that failing health ...
... endeavouring always to word it too finely . He had too beautiful an imagina- tion to make a man of business . - POPE : Spence by Singer , p . 175 . 78 It may be inferred from a letter of Lady M. W. Montagu to Pope , that failing health ...
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