Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina xix
... perhaps trace his partiality to another cause . It was the first written of the series , and cost more trouble than any of the others - for he had to turn to books , and read not only Cowley , Donne , and Cleveland , but to elucidate ...
... perhaps trace his partiality to another cause . It was the first written of the series , and cost more trouble than any of the others - for he had to turn to books , and read not only Cowley , Donne , and Cleveland , but to elucidate ...
Pàgina lvii
... had been the historian -Cowley and Denham , Dryden and Congreve , Gay , Prior , and Addison . Since his death the popularity of his works - the Lives of the C * Poets , and , perhaps the Vanity of Human Wishes LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON . Ivii.
... had been the historian -Cowley and Denham , Dryden and Congreve , Gay , Prior , and Addison . Since his death the popularity of his works - the Lives of the C * Poets , and , perhaps the Vanity of Human Wishes LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON . Ivii.
Pàgina 38
... perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally ...
... perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally ...
Pàgina 47
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of grada- tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of grada- tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
Pàgina 54
... perhaps in gross- ness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less ...
... perhaps in gross- ness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less ...
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