Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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... remarks on Dryden , which he had long been looking for in vain . Joseph Warton contributed some useful information to the Lives of Fenton , Collins , and Pitt . Malone and Isaac Reed assisted him when he sought assistance at their hands ...
... remarks on Dryden , which he had long been looking for in vain . Joseph Warton contributed some useful information to the Lives of Fenton , Collins , and Pitt . Malone and Isaac Reed assisted him when he sought assistance at their hands ...
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... remarks on life and on human nature are eminently shrewd and pro- found . The criticisms are often excellent , and , even when grossly and provokingly unjust , well deserve to be studied ; for , however erroneous they may be , they are ...
... remarks on life and on human nature are eminently shrewd and pro- found . The criticisms are often excellent , and , even when grossly and provokingly unjust , well deserve to be studied ; for , however erroneous they may be , they are ...
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... remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat , who , writing when the feuds of the civil war were yet recent , and the minds of either party were easily irritated , was obliged to pass over many ...
... remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat , who , writing when the feuds of the civil war were yet recent , and the minds of either party were easily irritated , was obliged to pass over many ...
Pàgina 53
... remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest and without emotion . Their courtship was void of fondness , and their lamentation of sorrow . Their wish was only to say what they hoped had been never ...
... remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest and without emotion . Their courtship was void of fondness , and their lamentation of sorrow . Their wish was only to say what they hoped had been never ...
Pàgina 55
... remarks are not easily understood without examples ; and I have therefore collected instances of the modes of writing by which this species of poets , for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers , was eminently ...
... remarks are not easily understood without examples ; and I have therefore collected instances of the modes of writing by which this species of poets , for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers , was eminently ...
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