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 xiii
... knowledge of human life which his ' Lives ' exhibit ; in the many admirable reflections they contain , varying and illustrating the narrative without overlaying it ; in the virtue they hold up to admiration , and in the religion they ...
... knowledge of human life which his ' Lives ' exhibit ; in the many admirable reflections they contain , varying and illustrating the narrative without overlaying it ; in the virtue they hold up to admiration , and in the religion they ...
Pàgina xvi
... knowledge , which is growing every day less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be ... knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original ...
... knowledge , which is growing every day less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be ... knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original ...
Pàgina xvii
... knowledge , to virtue , and to truth . " Where Johnson does not cite his authorities in footnotes , he leaves the reader to infer that he has obtained his information from accessible materials . Yet - and mark his incessant love of ...
... knowledge , to virtue , and to truth . " Where Johnson does not cite his authorities in footnotes , he leaves the reader to infer that he has obtained his information from accessible materials . Yet - and mark his incessant love of ...
Pàgina xviii
... knowledge of the influence such satire and 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 ...
... knowledge of the influence such satire and 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 ...
Pàgina xxi
... knowledge of Pope is undoubted ) will I am sure in no way detract from the value of my judgment in this particular . When Boswell , in conversation with Burke , characterised the Life of Young ' as a work possessing a considerable share ...
... knowledge of Pope is undoubted ) will I am sure in no way detract from the value of my judgment in this particular . When Boswell , in conversation with Burke , characterised the Life of Young ' as a work possessing a considerable share ...
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