The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the succession of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without some suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Lang- baine , as the best ...
... pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the succession of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without some suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Lang- baine , as the best ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. tary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate ... pleasure or suffer the uneasiness of solitude ; for he died at the Porch - house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. tary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate ... pleasure or suffer the uneasiness of solitude ; for he died at the Porch - house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th ...
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... ; the dialogue of comedy , when it is transcribed from popular manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The ar tifices of inversion , by which the established order of 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... ; the dialogue of comedy , when it is transcribed from popular manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The ar tifices of inversion , by which the established order of 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... pleasure of verses arises from the known measures of the lines , and uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the voice is regulated , and the memory relieved . If the Pindaric style be , what Cowley thinks it , the highest and ...
... pleasure of verses arises from the known measures of the lines , and uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the voice is regulated , and the memory relieved . If the Pindaric style be , what Cowley thinks it , the highest and ...
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... pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness of improvement , but will never strike with the sense of pleasure ...
... pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness of improvement , but will never strike with the sense of pleasure ...
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