Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina xiv
... praise or aggravate his infamy : many temptations to falsehood will occur in the disguise of passions , too specious to fear much resist- ance . Love of virtue will animate panegyric , and hatred of wickedness embitter censure . The ...
... praise or aggravate his infamy : many temptations to falsehood will occur in the disguise of passions , too specious to fear much resist- ance . Love of virtue will animate panegyric , and hatred of wickedness embitter censure . The ...
Pàgina xxxviii
... praise of Warburton was then no light thing . Such was Johnson's reputation that , in 1747 , several eminent book- sellers combined to employ him in the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English language , in two folio ...
... praise of Warburton was then no light thing . Such was Johnson's reputation that , in 1747 , several eminent book- sellers combined to employ him in the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English language , in two folio ...
Pàgina xliv
... praise were merited . About the plan of Rasselas little was said by the critics ; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe criticism . John- son has frequently blamed Shakspeare for neglecting the proprieties of time ...
... praise were merited . About the plan of Rasselas little was said by the critics ; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe criticism . John- son has frequently blamed Shakspeare for neglecting the proprieties of time ...
Pàgina xlvi
... praise must end . It would be difficult to name a more slovenly , a more worthless edition of any great classic . The reader may turn over play after play without finding one happy conjectural emenda- tion , or one ingenious and ...
... praise must end . It would be difficult to name a more slovenly , a more worthless edition of any great classic . The reader may turn over play after play without finding one happy conjectural emenda- tion , or one ingenious and ...
Pàgina xlvii
... praise of the manner in which he had discharged the duty of a commentator . He had , however , acquitted himself of a debt which had long lain heavy on his conscience , and he sank back into the repose from which the sting of satire had ...
... praise of the manner in which he had discharged the duty of a commentator . He had , however , acquitted himself of a debt which had long lain heavy on his conscience , and he sank back into the repose from which the sting of satire had ...
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