The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina xxii
... translation in the life of Dryden , or the unapproachable com- parison of Dryden and Pope . Take , again , Johnson's know- ledge of the world , ' fresh from life , not strained through books , ' to repeat his own phrase . What sound and ...
... translation in the life of Dryden , or the unapproachable com- parison of Dryden and Pope . Take , again , Johnson's know- ledge of the world , ' fresh from life , not strained through books , ' to repeat his own phrase . What sound and ...
Pàgina xxiii
... translations from Pindar he found the art of reaching all the obscurity of the Theban bard , however he may fall below his sublimity ; he will be allowed , if he has less fire , to have more smoke . ' Here , surely , is humour of the ...
... translations from Pindar he found the art of reaching all the obscurity of the Theban bard , however he may fall below his sublimity ; he will be allowed , if he has less fire , to have more smoke . ' Here , surely , is humour of the ...
Pàgina xxvii
... translated the Voyage to Abyssinia . The movement begun by the taste of Charles II . had received its chief impetus from Dryden , had been materially assisted by Temple , and had been urged on to undisputed triumph by the genius of ...
... translated the Voyage to Abyssinia . The movement begun by the taste of Charles II . had received its chief impetus from Dryden , had been materially assisted by Temple , and had been urged on to undisputed triumph by the genius of ...
Pàgina 32
... translations of some little poems , which pass , how- ever justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which even the morality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of ...
... translations of some little poems , which pass , how- ever justly , under the name of Anacreon . Of these songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which even the morality is voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of ...
Pàgina 34
... , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not everywhere equally pre- 34 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not everywhere equally pre- 34 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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