The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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... favourite pleasure of difcrediting his prede- cessors ; and this Epilogue he has defended by a long poftfcript . He had promised a fecond dialogue , in which he should more fully 8 fully treat of the virtues and faults of the 26 DRY D E N.
... favourite pleasure of difcrediting his prede- cessors ; and this Epilogue he has defended by a long poftfcript . He had promised a fecond dialogue , in which he should more fully 8 fully treat of the virtues and faults of the 26 DRY D E N.
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... should be exhibited . The following obfervations are therefore extracted from a quarto pamphlet of ninety - five pages : " Fate after him below with pain did move , " And victory could scarce keep pace above . These two lines , if he ...
... should be exhibited . The following obfervations are therefore extracted from a quarto pamphlet of ninety - five pages : " Fate after him below with pain did move , " And victory could scarce keep pace above . These two lines , if he ...
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... should be allowed , fhews fuch fa- cility of compofition , fuch readiness of lan- guage , and fuch copioufnefs of fentiment , as , fince the time of Lopez de Vega , per- haps no other author has poffeffed . VOL . II . E He He did not ...
... should be allowed , fhews fuch fa- cility of compofition , fuch readiness of lan- guage , and fuch copioufnefs of fentiment , as , fince the time of Lopez de Vega , per- haps no other author has poffeffed . VOL . II . E He He did not ...
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... should find any difficulty in breaking the fhackles of verbal interpretation , which must for ever debar it from elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , were not the power of preju- dice every day obferved . The authority of ...
... should find any difficulty in breaking the fhackles of verbal interpretation , which must for ever debar it from elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , were not the power of preju- dice every day obferved . The authority of ...
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... should write twice on the fame occafion . This is a difficulty which I cannot remove , for want of a minu- ter knowledge of poetical transactions . The fame year he published the Medal , of which the subject is a medal struck on lord ...
... should write twice on the fame occafion . This is a difficulty which I cannot remove , for want of a minu- ter knowledge of poetical transactions . The fame year he published the Medal , of which the subject is a medal struck on lord ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1801 |
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