The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina xxi
... kind of strutting dignity , and is tall by walking on tiptoe . His art and his struggle are too visible , and there is too little appearance of ease and nature . ' Johnson , to be brief , holds that he is right , and that those who ...
... kind of strutting dignity , and is tall by walking on tiptoe . His art and his struggle are too visible , and there is too little appearance of ease and nature . ' Johnson , to be brief , holds that he is right , and that those who ...
Pàgina xxiii
... kind , illuminating apparently grave sentences with its powerful , yet never glaring , light : humour none the less genuine because it is wholly free from the ostentatious and self - conscious archness which is so familiar a mannerism ...
... kind , illuminating apparently grave sentences with its powerful , yet never glaring , light : humour none the less genuine because it is wholly free from the ostentatious and self - conscious archness which is so familiar a mannerism ...
Pàgina 3
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge ; where he con- tinued his studies ...
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge ; where he con- tinued his studies ...
Pàgina 13
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
Pàgina 15
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marini and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marini and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical ..., Volum 1 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1839 |
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