Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... poets were admitted by the courtesy of criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the booksellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were not in demand ...
... poets were admitted by the courtesy of criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the booksellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were not in demand ...
Pàgina vi
... Poet an advertisement , like those which we find in the French Miscellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " A slight ...
... Poet an advertisement , like those which we find in the French Miscellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " A slight ...
Pàgina ix
... poets themselves . He knew his own prejudices , hurried through his work , and brought it to a close . " Some time ... poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , artful and studied as ...
... poets themselves . He knew his own prejudices , hurried through his work , and brought it to a close . " Some time ... poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , artful and studied as ...
Pàgina xvi
... poets they attacked and the proper importance which Johnson gave to their writings from his knowledge of the influ- ence such satire and criticism exercised , on the age in which he himself chose to be ( and was ) a poet . When writing ...
... poets they attacked and the proper importance which Johnson gave to their writings from his knowledge of the influ- ence such satire and criticism exercised , on the age in which he himself chose to be ( and was ) a poet . When writing ...
Pàgina xvii
... poet of whom he undertook to treat , had died within less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information ...
... poet of whom he undertook to treat , had died within less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information ...
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