The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 7
... passage in it deserves to be selected . ' If Christianity were once abolished , how could the free- thinkers , the strong reasoners , and the men of profound learning be able to find another subject so calculated , in all points ...
... passage in it deserves to be selected . ' If Christianity were once abolished , how could the free- thinkers , the strong reasoners , and the men of profound learning be able to find another subject so calculated , in all points ...
Pàgina 27
... passage is always on the level , along solid ground , without asperities , without obstruction . This easy and safe conveyance of meaning it was Swift's desire to attain , and for having attained he deserves praise , though perhaps not ...
... passage is always on the level , along solid ground , without asperities , without obstruction . This easy and safe conveyance of meaning it was Swift's desire to attain , and for having attained he deserves praise , though perhaps not ...
Pàgina 46
... passages , in the lines , " There are whom Heaven has bless'd with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For wit and judgment ever are at strife— • It is apparent that wit has two meanings , " and that what is wanted ...
... passages , in the lines , " There are whom Heaven has bless'd with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For wit and judgment ever are at strife— • It is apparent that wit has two meanings , " and that what is wanted ...
Pàgina 47
... passage . I have preserved , I think , all that is reasonable in Dennis's criticism ; it remains that justice be done to his delicacy . ' For his acquaintance ( says Dennis ) he names Mr. Walsh , who had by no means the qualification ...
... passage . I have preserved , I think , all that is reasonable in Dennis's criticism ; it remains that justice be done to his delicacy . ' For his acquaintance ( says Dennis ) he names Mr. Walsh , who had by no means the qualification ...
Pàgina 57
... passages of doubtful mean- ing than any other poet either in the learned or in modern languages . I have read of a ... passage till he had read his version , which indeed he has been sometimes suspected of using instead of the original ...
... passages of doubtful mean- ing than any other poet either in the learned or in modern languages . I have read of a ... passage till he had read his version , which indeed he has been sometimes suspected of using instead of the original ...
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