Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... Milton's MS . notes ; and through Dr. Percy he obtained the use of Clifford's remarks on Dryden , which he had long been looking for in vain . Joseph Warton contributed some useful information to the Lives of Fenton , Collins , and Pitt ...
... Milton's MS . notes ; and through Dr. Percy he obtained the use of Clifford's remarks on Dryden , which he had long been looking for in vain . Joseph Warton contributed some useful information to the Lives of Fenton , Collins , and Pitt ...
Pàgina xii
... Milton ' he cites Philips ( Milton's nephew ) for a remarkable statement not to be found in Philips , and attributes to Ellwood ( Milton's Quaker friend ) the preserva- tion of a doubtful story said to have come from Milton's own lips ...
... Milton ' he cites Philips ( Milton's nephew ) for a remarkable statement not to be found in Philips , and attributes to Ellwood ( Milton's Quaker friend ) the preserva- tion of a doubtful story said to have come from Milton's own lips ...
Pàgina xvi
... Milton's or in Shakespeare's name . " POPE : Epistle to Arbuthnot . Brown and Dennis , both able men , will now live chiefly through the great poets they attacked and the proper importance which Johnson gave to their writings from his ...
... Milton's or in Shakespeare's name . " POPE : Epistle to Arbuthnot . Brown and Dennis , both able men , will now live chiefly through the great poets they attacked and the proper importance which Johnson gave to their writings from his ...
Pàgina xvii
... Milton than Johnson's brief and admirable narrative ; Todd is more full and accurate , and Brydges more enthusiastic and im- partial , but the former is cumbrous and unmethodical , the latter " Life of Pope . ' He applies it to Dryden ...
... Milton than Johnson's brief and admirable narrative ; Todd is more full and accurate , and Brydges more enthusiastic and im- partial , but the former is cumbrous and unmethodical , the latter " Life of Pope . ' He applies it to Dryden ...
Pàgina xviii
... Milton - I would venture to affirm that no one has written finer or truer things about Paradise Lost ' than Johnson in this Life . His alleged virulence is indeed always more in the manner of his matter than the matter itself . He had ...
... Milton - I would venture to affirm that no one has written finer or truer things about Paradise Lost ' than Johnson in this Life . His alleged virulence is indeed always more in the manner of his matter than the matter itself . He had ...
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