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 23
... praise will be that of correctnefs and industry , ra- ther than of compafs of comprehenfion , or activity of fancy . He never made any effort of invention : his greater pieces are only tiffues of common thoughts ; and his fmaller ...
... praise will be that of correctnefs and industry , ra- ther than of compafs of comprehenfion , or activity of fancy . He never made any effort of invention : his greater pieces are only tiffues of common thoughts ; and his fmaller ...
Pàgina 29
... praise it than read it . His firft dramatic labour was the Old Batchelor ; of which he fays , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as feveral know , " fome years before it was acted . When I wrote " it , I had ...
... praise it than read it . His firft dramatic labour was the Old Batchelor ; of which he fays , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as feveral know , " fome years before it was acted . When I wrote " it , I had ...
Pàgina 45
... praise of a friend's book . " He thinks , and with fome reafon , that from fuch a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reafon for the feverity of his cen . furers , which he expreffes in language fuch as ...
... praise of a friend's book . " He thinks , and with fome reafon , that from fuch a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reafon for the feverity of his cen . furers , which he expreffes in language fuch as ...
Pàgina 46
... praises Dennis as " equal to Boileau in poetry , and " fuperior to him in critical abilities . " 3 He feems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by cenfure , and , instead of flackening , quickened his career . Having in ...
... praises Dennis as " equal to Boileau in poetry , and " fuperior to him in critical abilities . " 3 He feems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by cenfure , and , instead of flackening , quickened his career . Having in ...
Pàgina 48
... praise . What was his reason , I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head fill teemed with heroic poetry , and ( 1705 ) he published Eliza in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary of contending about ...
... praise . What was his reason , I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head fill teemed with heroic poetry , and ( 1705 ) he published Eliza in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary of contending about ...
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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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