The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina xii
... rhyme to blank verse , his disgust at Lycidas , his contempt for Gray's Odes , if we cannot share , we can , to some extent at least , explain by a consideration of the general canons of criticism disclosed in the Lives . Criticism ...
... rhyme to blank verse , his disgust at Lycidas , his contempt for Gray's Odes , if we cannot share , we can , to some extent at least , explain by a consideration of the general canons of criticism disclosed in the Lives . Criticism ...
Pàgina xvii
... rhyme to blank verse . The latter , indeed , should seem to be the more appropriate for dramatic composi- tion , and may be employed by him that thinks himself capable of astonishing . But those that hope only to please must con ...
... rhyme to blank verse . The latter , indeed , should seem to be the more appropriate for dramatic composi- tion , and may be employed by him that thinks himself capable of astonishing . But those that hope only to please must con ...
Pàgina xviii
... rhyme to be the necessary concomitant of poetry , let it not be imagined that he was deaf to the charm of all poetry which lacked that embellishment , ' or to the subtle modulations of which blank verse is susceptible . With an ...
... rhyme to be the necessary concomitant of poetry , let it not be imagined that he was deaf to the charm of all poetry which lacked that embellishment , ' or to the subtle modulations of which blank verse is susceptible . With an ...
Pàgina xxi
... rhymes uncertain , and its numbers unpleasing . The common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices applauds The Bard , and sets even greater store by The Progress of Poesy ; Johnson laughs unmercifully at both odes , and ...
... rhymes uncertain , and its numbers unpleasing . The common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices applauds The Bard , and sets even greater store by The Progress of Poesy ; Johnson laughs unmercifully at both odes , and ...
Pàgina 14
... poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily 1 Now in the possession of Mr. Clarke , Alderman of London . 1 resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing 12 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily 1 Now in the possession of Mr. Clarke , Alderman of London . 1 resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing 12 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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