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 19
... paffion , and have neither gallantry nor tendernefs . They have the coldnefs of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful verfifier , refolved at all adven- tures to write something about Chloe , and trying to be ...
... paffion , and have neither gallantry nor tendernefs . They have the coldnefs of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful verfifier , refolved at all adven- tures to write something about Chloe , and trying to be ...
Pàgina 38
... paffion : his perfon- ages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or ftrike ; the contest of fmart- nefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor play- ing to and fro with alternate corufcations . His ...
... paffion : his perfon- ages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or ftrike ; the contest of fmart- nefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor play- ing to and fro with alternate corufcations . His ...
Pàgina 56
... paffions ; nor " are inftances of this inconfiftent mixture lefs " C frequent among bad men , where we often , with " admiration , fee perfons at once generous and unjuft , impious lovers of their country , and fla- 66 gitious heroes ...
... paffions ; nor " are inftances of this inconfiftent mixture lefs " C frequent among bad men , where we often , with " admiration , fee perfons at once generous and unjuft , impious lovers of their country , and fla- 66 gitious heroes ...
Pàgina 85
... paffions . To this defcription the compofitions of Gay do not always conform . For a Fable he gives now and then a Tale , or an abftracted Allegory ; and from fome , by whatever name they may be called , it will be difficult to extract ...
... paffions . To this defcription the compofitions of Gay do not always conform . For a Fable he gives now and then a Tale , or an abftracted Allegory ; and from fome , by whatever name they may be called , it will be difficult to extract ...
Pàgina 110
... paffion in the language of nature . But the truth is , thefe elegies have neither paffion , nature , nor manners . Where there is fiction , there is no paffion ; he that defcribes himself as a fhepherd , and his Neæra or Delia as a ...
... paffion in the language of nature . But the truth is , thefe elegies have neither paffion , nature , nor manners . Where there is fiction , there is no paffion ; he that defcribes himself as a fhepherd , and his Neæra or Delia as a ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1782 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1783 |
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1865 |
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