Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... admirable reflections they contain , varying and illustrating the narrative without overlaying it ; in the virtue they hold up to admiration , and in the religion they inculcate . He possessed the rare art of teaching what is not ...
... admirable reflections they contain , varying and illustrating the narrative without overlaying it ; in the virtue they hold up to admiration , and in the religion they inculcate . He possessed the rare art of teaching what is not ...
Pàgina xvii
... admired by Pope , who dragged it out from a mass of anonymous poems by the dunces of the day , and foresaw ( if I may use his own expression® ) the greatness of his young admirer . Johnson considered the Life of Cowley as the best of ...
... admired by Pope , who dragged it out from a mass of anonymous poems by the dunces of the day , and foresaw ( if I may use his own expression® ) the greatness of his young admirer . Johnson considered the Life of Cowley as the best of ...
Pàgina xxii
... admired the Elegy , he respected Gray's learning , and he loved his virtuous life ; yet he had little sympathy with him after all . They were contemporaries who never met . Gray 8 ' Boswell , ' by Croker , Ed . 1847 , p . 650 . EDITOR'S ...
... admired the Elegy , he respected Gray's learning , and he loved his virtuous life ; yet he had little sympathy with him after all . They were contemporaries who never met . Gray 8 ' Boswell , ' by Croker , Ed . 1847 , p . 650 . EDITOR'S ...
Pàgina xxiii
... admiration of the world . But Johnson was at least consistent in his dislike of the poetry of Gray . His contempt for his Odes was a frequent subject of conversation with him , and some of his severest say- ings ... admired Dryden as much.
... admiration of the world . But Johnson was at least consistent in his dislike of the poetry of Gray . His contempt for his Odes was a frequent subject of conversation with him , and some of his severest say- ings ... admired Dryden as much.
Pàgina xxiv
... admired Dryden as much as he could admire any author . He rather sees than appreciates the sublime beauties of Milton . Tickell's Elegy on Addison ' he silently prefers to Milton's ' Lycidas . ' He does not delight in fiction or in ...
... admired Dryden as much as he could admire any author . He rather sees than appreciates the sublime beauties of Milton . Tickell's Elegy on Addison ' he silently prefers to Milton's ' Lycidas . ' He does not delight in fiction or in ...
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