Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina x
... expressed his regret that he had not given Spenser instead of Cowley . Yet a criticism on ' The Faerie Queene ' would hardly have supplied Johnson with points of equal value to those which in Cowley led to his admirable observations on ...
... expressed his regret that he had not given Spenser instead of Cowley . Yet a criticism on ' The Faerie Queene ' would hardly have supplied Johnson with points of equal value to those which in Cowley led to his admirable observations on ...
Pàgina xii
... expressed against his criticism on Collins , and only less generally because the repu- tation of that poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , artful and studied xii EDITOR'S PREFACE.
... expressed against his criticism on Collins , and only less generally because the repu- tation of that poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , artful and studied xii EDITOR'S PREFACE.
Pàgina xiii
... expressed with equal justice at his account of Thomson , while his cen- sure of Akenside was thought by many what it really is , illiberal , and his criticism on Prior was condemned as severe and unjust . ” 66 Notwithstanding these and ...
... expressed with equal justice at his account of Thomson , while his cen- sure of Akenside was thought by many what it really is , illiberal , and his criticism on Prior was condemned as severe and unjust . ” 66 Notwithstanding these and ...
Pàgina xix
... expression ) the greatness of his young admirer . Johnson considered the Life of Cowley as the best of the series ; on account , says Boswell , of the dissertation it contains of the Metaphysical Poets , and the careful discrimination ...
... expression ) the greatness of his young admirer . Johnson considered the Life of Cowley as the best of the series ; on account , says Boswell , of the dissertation it contains of the Metaphysical Poets , and the careful discrimination ...
Pàgina xxiv
... expressed in vigorous English and in English heroics with rhyme . Poetry , in his eyes , was not poetry as it appeared to Gray— " Truth severe in fairy Fiction drest " - but was valuable chiefly for the quantity it contained of solid ...
... expressed in vigorous English and in English heroics with rhyme . Poetry , in his eyes , was not poetry as it appeared to Gray— " Truth severe in fairy Fiction drest " - but was valuable chiefly for the quantity it contained of solid ...
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