The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1801 |
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Pàgina 19
... he does not deny the excellence ; but intends to fhew , that by ftudied mifconftruction every thing may be equally reprefented as ridiculous . After After fo much of Dryden's elegant animadverfions , juftice requires DRYDEN . 19.
... he does not deny the excellence ; but intends to fhew , that by ftudied mifconftruction every thing may be equally reprefented as ridiculous . After After fo much of Dryden's elegant animadverfions , juftice requires DRYDEN . 19.
Pàgina 28
... excellence in the language of re- ligion . The preface contains an apology for heroick verfe and poetick licence ; by which is meant not any liberty taken in contracting or extending words , but the ufe of bold fictions and ambitious ...
... excellence in the language of re- ligion . The preface contains an apology for heroick verfe and poetick licence ; by which is meant not any liberty taken in contracting or extending words , but the ufe of bold fictions and ambitious ...
Pàgina 45
... excellence to be a merry fellow ; and therefore laid out his powers upon fmall jefts or grofs buffoonery , fo that his performances have little intrinfic value , and were read only while they were recommended by the novelty of the event ...
... excellence to be a merry fellow ; and therefore laid out his powers upon fmall jefts or grofs buffoonery , fo that his performances have little intrinfic value , and were read only while they were recommended by the novelty of the event ...
Pàgina 60
... excellence , intellectual and moral , combined in his mind , with endless variation ; and when he had fcattered on the hero of the day the golden fhower of wit and virtue , he had ready for him , whom he withed to court on the morrow ...
... excellence , intellectual and moral , combined in his mind , with endless variation ; and when he had fcattered on the hero of the day the golden fhower of wit and virtue , he had ready for him , whom he withed to court on the morrow ...
Pàgina 71
... excellence , of having changed Dryden's gold for bafer metal , of lower value , though of greater bulk . In this , and in all his other effays on the fame fubject , the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifin of a poet ; not a dull ...
... excellence , of having changed Dryden's gold for bafer metal , of lower value , though of greater bulk . In this , and in all his other effays on the fame fubject , the criticifm of Dryden is the criticifin of a poet ; not a dull ...
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