Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina ix
... say was " impudently " called his . When persuaded to promise little Lives and Little Prefaces to a Lon- don edition of our Poets , the undertaking , as then presented to his mind , 66 Johnson tells us , seemed not very extensive , A * ix.
... say was " impudently " called his . When persuaded to promise little Lives and Little Prefaces to a Lon- don edition of our Poets , the undertaking , as then presented to his mind , 66 Johnson tells us , seemed not very extensive , A * ix.
Pàgina xiv
... mind habitually well disposed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " " Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resources , he delighted in argument ; nor was he at times over scrupulous in his man- ner of ...
... mind habitually well disposed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " " Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resources , he delighted in argument ; nor was he at times over scrupulous in his man- ner of ...
Pàgina xvi
... mind , the nice discrimi- nations of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice , obstinacy , frolic , and folly , however they might delight in the description ...
... mind , the nice discrimi- nations of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice , obstinacy , frolic , and folly , however they might delight in the description ...
Pàgina xxiv
... mind anxious to cavil and find fault : its depreciatory tone has , however , been far from catching , and Gray has had ample justice done him in the general admiration of the world . But Johnson was at least consistent in his dislike of ...
... mind anxious to cavil and find fault : its depreciatory tone has , however , been far from catching , and Gray has had ample justice done him in the general admiration of the world . But Johnson was at least consistent in his dislike of ...
Pàgina xxv
... mind before committing any portion of it to paper . " Of composition , " he says , " there are different methods . Some employ at once memory and invention , and with little intermediate use of the pen form and polish large masses by ...
... mind before committing any portion of it to paper . " Of composition , " he says , " there are different methods . Some employ at once memory and invention , and with little intermediate use of the pen form and polish large masses by ...
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