The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina xi
... seems ' one of the most happy productions of human wit ' ; we are reluctant to admit Akenside to be ' superior in ... seem to us mistaken views were superfluous . Nor need we long dwell with the indulgence of superior discernment on the ...
... seems ' one of the most happy productions of human wit ' ; we are reluctant to admit Akenside to be ' superior in ... seem to us mistaken views were superfluous . Nor need we long dwell with the indulgence of superior discernment on the ...
Pàgina xiii
... seems to write without any moral purpose , ' and where he complains that he is not always ' careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked . ' What is 0 really surprising is , that as he grew older Johnson's innate ...
... seems to write without any moral purpose , ' and where he complains that he is not always ' careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked . ' What is 0 really surprising is , that as he grew older Johnson's innate ...
Pàgina xiv
... seems to insist that not the subject but its treatment discovers the poet , on the other he is ever scrupulous to distinguish between the writer and the man . Unlike the worthy Matthew Bramble , he was not shocked to find a man have ...
... seems to insist that not the subject but its treatment discovers the poet , on the other he is ever scrupulous to distinguish between the writer and the man . Unlike the worthy Matthew Bramble , he was not shocked to find a man have ...
Pàgina xx
... seems hard that if ' the poet's art is selection ' ( which who can doubt ? ) and if he ought to show ' the beauties without the grossness of country life ' ( an assertion which Johnson lived to see refuted in practice , with his own ...
... seems hard that if ' the poet's art is selection ' ( which who can doubt ? ) and if he ought to show ' the beauties without the grossness of country life ' ( an assertion which Johnson lived to see refuted in practice , with his own ...
Pàgina xxi
... seems to be that , with regard to the pursuit of a final criterion , tasting literature is like tasting wine . That is best which pleases a competent judge , and he is a competent judge who is pleased with that which is best . By such a ...
... seems to be that , with regard to the pursuit of a final criterion , tasting literature is like tasting wine . That is best which pleases a competent judge , and he is a competent judge who is pleased with that which is best . By such a ...
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