The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3D. Buchanan, sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, W. Mudie, & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1800 |
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Pàgina 47
... says , in his Dedication to Alfred , that he had a greater part in the fucceffion of " the houfe of Hanover than ever he had boafted . " What Blackmore could contribute to the Suc- ceffion , or what he imagined himself to have con ...
... says , in his Dedication to Alfred , that he had a greater part in the fucceffion of " the houfe of Hanover than ever he had boafted . " What Blackmore could contribute to the Suc- ceffion , or what he imagined himself to have con ...
Pàgina 70
... ftrike the fancy , with- out enlightening the understanding by precept , ratiocination , or narrative . A blaze first pleases , and then tires the fight . * Spence , Of Of Florelio it is fufficient to say , that it 70 FENTO N.
... ftrike the fancy , with- out enlightening the understanding by precept , ratiocination , or narrative . A blaze first pleases , and then tires the fight . * Spence , Of Of Florelio it is fufficient to say , that it 70 FENTO N.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Of Florelio it is fufficient to say , that it is an Occafional pastoral , which implies fomething nei- ther natural nor artificial , neither comic nor fe- rious . The next ode is ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Of Florelio it is fufficient to say , that it is an Occafional pastoral , which implies fomething nei- ther natural nor artificial , neither comic nor fe- rious . The next ode is ...
Pàgina 101
... says , A while th ' Almighty wondering flood . He ought to have remembered that Infinite Know- ledge can never wonder . All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance . Of his other poems it is fufficient to say , that they deferve ...
... says , A while th ' Almighty wondering flood . He ought to have remembered that Infinite Know- ledge can never wonder . All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance . Of his other poems it is fufficient to say , that they deferve ...
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... say , that it is neither high nor low . The poetical incident of most importance in Tickell's life was his publication of the first book of the Iliad , as tranflated by himself , an apparent oppofition to Pope's Homer , of which the ...
... say , that it is neither high nor low . The poetical incident of most importance in Tickell's life was his publication of the first book of the Iliad , as tranflated by himself , an apparent oppofition to Pope's Homer , of which the ...
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