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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... poetical criticism , the decisions of Johnson are generally right . Indeed the judgment of the world is that of Byron . Johnson , ” writes the noble poet , “ strips many a leaf from every laurel ; still Johnson's is the finest critical ...
... poetical criticism , the decisions of Johnson are generally right . Indeed the judgment of the world is that of Byron . Johnson , ” writes the noble poet , “ strips many a leaf from every laurel ; still Johnson's is the finest critical ...
Pàgina 39
... poetical compositions , “ The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and ... Poetical Blossomes by A. C. London , 1633 , small 4to . pp . 61 . In the portrait he is represented as about to be ...
... poetical compositions , “ The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and ... Poetical Blossomes by A. C. London , 1633 , small 4to . pp . 61 . In the portrait he is represented as about to be ...
Pàgina 40
... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby , of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is ...
... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby , of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is ...
Pàgina 46
... Poetry of May and Cowley to that of Milton , and thinks May to be the first of the three . May is certainly a sonorous versifier , and was sufficiently accomplished in poetical declamation for the continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia . But ...
... Poetry of May and Cowley to that of Milton , and thinks May to be the first of the three . May is certainly a sonorous versifier , and was sufficiently accomplished in poetical declamation for the continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia . But ...
Pàgina 49
... 32 He did not long enjoy the. 27 Appendix to ' Life of Cromwell , ' p . 81 . 28 I thought when I went first to dwell in the country , that without doubt I should have met there with the simplicity of the old poetical age ; 3 COWLEY . 49.
... 32 He did not long enjoy the. 27 Appendix to ' Life of Cromwell , ' p . 81 . 28 I thought when I went first to dwell in the country , that without doubt I should have met there with the simplicity of the old poetical age ; 3 COWLEY . 49.
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