The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina xi
... writer of blank verse ' ; and most of us think that , given the mass of English poetry to choose from , we can hit upon more ' poetical paragraphs ' than the well - known passage from The Mourning Bride . What , too , we immediately ask ...
... writer of blank verse ' ; and most of us think that , given the mass of English poetry to choose from , we can hit upon more ' poetical paragraphs ' than the well - known passage from The Mourning Bride . What , too , we immediately ask ...
Pàgina xiii
... 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 candour and ...
... 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 candour and ...
Pàgina xviii
... write prose is certainly to write poetry . ' It is merely the truth to say of them that their blank verses will be found by such as can read them to be like those of their neighbours . ' But though Johnson , naturally and justifiably ...
... write prose is certainly to write poetry . ' It is merely the truth to say of them that their blank verses will be found by such as can read them to be like those of their neighbours . ' But though Johnson , naturally and justifiably ...
Pàgina xxiv
... writer have so tersely , and at the same time comprehensively , summed up the multitude of answers to it as Johnson has done where he says : The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others , and a ...
... writer have so tersely , and at the same time comprehensively , summed up the multitude of answers to it as Johnson has done where he says : The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others , and a ...
Pàgina xxvii
... writing except at certain times , or at happy moments , is fantastic foppery . ' 6 6 The truth , indeed , seems to be ... write , and he will do it better . ' A style of which the conveniences have been so enormous it were 6 ungrateful ...
... writing except at certain times , or at happy moments , is fantastic foppery . ' 6 6 The truth , indeed , seems to be ... write , and he will do it better . ' A style of which the conveniences have been so enormous it were 6 ungrateful ...
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