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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... 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 Sigures . 46 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 Sigures . 46 The ...
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... language , and which he , who had confidered with great accuracy the principles of writing , was able to diftribute copioufly , as occafions arofe . By thefe differtations the publick judgement must have been much improved ; and Swift ...
... language , and which he , who had confidered with great accuracy the principles of writing , was able to diftribute copioufly , as occafions arofe . By thefe differtations the publick judgement must have been much improved ; and Swift ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. of language , and fuch copioufness of sentiment , as , fince the time of Lopez de Vega , perhaps no other author has ever poffeffed . He did not enjoy his reputation , however ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. of language , and fuch copioufness of sentiment , as , fince the time of Lopez de Vega , perhaps no other author has ever poffeffed . He did not enjoy his reputation , however ...
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... language ; and might perhaps have contributed by pleafing in- ftructions to rectify our opinions , and purify our 4hanners . What he required as the indispensable condition of fuch an undertaking , a public ftipend , was not likely in ...
... language ; and might perhaps have contributed by pleafing in- ftructions to rectify our opinions , and purify our 4hanners . What he required as the indispensable condition of fuch an undertaking , a public ftipend , was not likely in ...
Pàgina 58
... been confidered , and cannot be recalled . Of Dryden's fluggishness in converfation it is vain to fearch or to guefs the caufe . He certainly wanted wanted neither fentiments nor language : his in- tellectual treasures 58 DRYDEN .
... been confidered , and cannot be recalled . Of Dryden's fluggishness in converfation it is vain to fearch or to guefs the caufe . He certainly wanted wanted neither fentiments nor language : his in- tellectual treasures 58 DRYDEN .
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