Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina xii
... never read Cowley's Comedy - for he mis- takes its title . In his ' Waller ' he finds fault with Fenton for an error made by himself , from confounding two poems . In the same life he calls Hampden the uncle of Waller instead of the ...
... never read Cowley's Comedy - for he mis- takes its title . In his ' Waller ' he finds fault with Fenton for an error made by himself , from confounding two poems . In the same life he calls Hampden the uncle of Waller instead of the ...
Pàgina xiii
... never obtained ; ascribes to Walsh what was written by Chetwood ; asserts that Addison never printed his poem to Sacheverell , whereas it is to be seen with his other earliest printed productions in so common a book as Tonson's ...
... never obtained ; ascribes to Walsh what was written by Chetwood ; asserts that Addison never printed his poem to Sacheverell , whereas it is to be seen with his other earliest printed productions in so common a book as Tonson's ...
Pàgina xxiv
... never loses the presence of a clear intellect . Wherever the world has dissented from his judgments , the world is still curious to preserve his opinions ; and where understanding alone is sufficient for poetical criticism , the ...
... never loses the presence of a clear intellect . Wherever the world has dissented from his judgments , the world is still curious to preserve his opinions ; and where understanding alone is sufficient for poetical criticism , the ...
Pàgina xxv
... never drive me there . " The characteristic rejoinder of the witty nobleman deserves to be remembered on other occasions than where ser- vants are concerned . The style of Johnson in his ' Lives ' is freer from inflation and ...
... never drive me there . " The characteristic rejoinder of the witty nobleman deserves to be remembered on other occasions than where ser- vants are concerned . The style of Johnson in his ' Lives ' is freer from inflation and ...
Pàgina 4
... never could bring it to retain the ordi- nary rules of grammar . 99 This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain ...
... never could bring it to retain the ordi- nary rules of grammar . 99 This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain ...
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