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 37
... commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little of nature , and not much of life . He formed a peculiar idea of comick excellence , which he fuppofed supposed to confist in gay remarks and unexpected anfwers ; CONGREVE . 37.
... commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little of nature , and not much of life . He formed a peculiar idea of comick excellence , which he fuppofed supposed to confist in gay remarks and unexpected anfwers ; CONGREVE . 37.
Pàgina 38
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. supposed to confist in gay remarks and unexpected anfwers ; but that which he endeavoured , he fel dom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of humour , imagery , or ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. supposed to confist in gay remarks and unexpected anfwers ; but that which he endeavoured , he fel dom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of humour , imagery , or ...
Pàgina 46
... doubled , and the refentment of wits and criticks may supposed to have increafed in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent be to all their outrages ; he was this year made 12 to 40 BLACK MORE .
... doubled , and the refentment of wits and criticks may supposed to have increafed in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent be to all their outrages ; he was this year made 12 to 40 BLACK MORE .
Pàgina 76
... supposed to have incited Gay to write the Shep- herd's Week , to fhew , that if it be neceffary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life must be exhibited fuch as groffhefs and ignorance have made it . So far the plan was reasonable ...
... supposed to have incited Gay to write the Shep- herd's Week , to fhew , that if it be neceffary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life must be exhibited fuch as groffhefs and ignorance have made it . So far the plan was reasonable ...
Pàgina 100
... supposed to be Pindarick . Having fixed his at- tention on Cowley as a model , he has attempted in fome fort to rival him , and has written a Hymn to Darkness , evidently as a counter - part to Cowley's Hymn to Light . This hymn feems ...
... supposed to be Pindarick . Having fixed his at- tention on Cowley as a model , he has attempted in fome fort to rival him , and has written a Hymn to Darkness , evidently as a counter - part to Cowley's Hymn to Light . This hymn feems ...
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