The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina x
... performances ; and though it has been frequently misjudged and frequently misunderstood , it cannot be said that the decision of posterity has been other than generous ; kindly in intention , if sometimes less than intelligent in ...
... performances ; and though it has been frequently misjudged and frequently misunderstood , it cannot be said that the decision of posterity has been other than generous ; kindly in intention , if sometimes less than intelligent in ...
Pàgina 10
... till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be superior to both , LIVES OF THE POETS.
... till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be superior to both , LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 40
... performance of the work . We Sacred history has been always read with submissive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and ...
... performance of the work . We Sacred history has been always read with submissive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and ...
Pàgina 56
... performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to rob Addison of his Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of the royal family required him ...
... performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to rob Addison of his Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of the royal family required him ...
Pàgina 59
... performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He seems to have been , at least among us , the author of a species of ...
... performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He seems to have been , at least among us , the author of a species of ...
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