Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works by Samuel Johnson, Volum 1Derby & Jackson, 1861 - 635 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the booksellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were not in demand was doubly dead . The Drama was ...
... criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the booksellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were not in demand was doubly dead . The Drama was ...
Pàgina x
... 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 the so - called Metaphysical Poets ; nor is it possible to avoid feeling the ...
... 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 the so - called Metaphysical Poets ; nor is it possible to avoid feeling the ...
Pàgina xii
... against his criticism on Collins , and only less generally because the reputation of that poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord a 66 > 66 > 91 Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , xii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... against his criticism on Collins , and only less generally because the reputation of that poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord a 66 > 66 > 91 Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , xii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xiii
... criticism on Prior was condemned as severe and unjust . " Notwithstanding these and other complaints of the spirit in which the • Lives ' were written , Johnson's great work obtained an immediate popularity which has continued to our ...
... criticism on Prior was condemned as severe and unjust . " Notwithstanding these and other complaints of the spirit in which the • Lives ' were written , Johnson's great work obtained an immediate popularity which has continued to our ...
Pàgina xviii
... criticism exercised on the age in which he himself chose to be ( and was ) a poet . When writing the Lives of Wordsworth and Keats , we must not forget the injurious criticisms of the “ Edinburgh , ' or the bitter notice of the ...
... criticism exercised on the age in which he himself chose to be ( and was ) a poet . When writing the Lives of Wordsworth and Keats , we must not forget the injurious criticisms of the “ Edinburgh , ' or the bitter notice of the ...
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