Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... mind , Johnson tells us , seemed not very ex- tensive , or , as he had first written it , not very tedious or diffi- cult . 66 ' My purpose , " he says , " was only to have allotted to every Poet an advertisement , like those which we ...
... mind , Johnson tells us , seemed not very ex- tensive , or , as he had first written it , not very tedious or diffi- cult . 66 ' My purpose , " he says , " was only to have allotted to every Poet an advertisement , like those which we ...
Pàgina xi
... mind habitually well dis- posed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " 2 Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resources , he delighted in argument ; nor was he at times over scrupulous in his manner of ...
... mind habitually well dis- posed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " 2 Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resources , he delighted in argument ; nor was he at times over scrupulous in his manner of ...
Pàgina xiv
... mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of con- duct are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice , obstinacy , frolic , and folly , however they might delight in the description ...
... mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of con- duct are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice , obstinacy , frolic , and folly , however they might delight in the description ...
Pàgina xxv
... mind before committing any por- tion of it to paper . " Of composition , " he says , " there are different methods . Some employ at once memory and inven- tion , and with little intermediate use of the pen form and polish large masses ...
... mind before committing any por- tion of it to paper . " Of composition , " he says , " there are different methods . Some employ at once memory and inven- tion , and with little intermediate use of the pen form and polish large masses ...
Pàgina xxix
... mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an Advertisement , like those which we find in the French Miscel- lanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led ...
... mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an Advertisement , like those which we find in the French Miscel- lanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led ...
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