The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina x
... date . Hence a considerable number of trivial errors , which the diligence of annotators has corrected . Yet most people , perhaps , will prefer Johnson wrong before Peter Cunningham right , and had rather know X INTRODUCTION TO.
... date . Hence a considerable number of trivial errors , which the diligence of annotators has corrected . Yet most people , perhaps , will prefer Johnson wrong before Peter Cunningham right , and had rather know X INTRODUCTION TO.
Pàgina xvii
... numbers , and therefore tires by long continu- ance . ' Where the subject is able to support itself , ' it may be admissible . ' Contending angels may shake the region of heaven in blank verse ; but the flow of equal measures and the ...
... numbers , and therefore tires by long continu- ance . ' Where the subject is able to support itself , ' it may be admissible . ' Contending angels may shake the region of heaven in blank verse ; but the flow of equal measures and the ...
Pàgina xviii
... numbers , his pauses , his diction are of his own growth , without transcription , without imitation . ' And the splendid panegyric which closes the life of Milton is suitably prefaced by this significant and magnanimous avowal ...
... numbers , his pauses , his diction are of his own growth , without transcription , without imitation . ' And the splendid panegyric which closes the life of Milton is suitably prefaced by this significant and magnanimous avowal ...
Pàgina xx
... the genuineness of the admiration for Milton professed by ' readers of every class . ' The other method is to nominate a body of men - be its number great or small - whose determination shall settle the XX INTRODUCTION TO.
... the genuineness of the admiration for Milton professed by ' readers of every class . ' The other method is to nominate a body of men - be its number great or small - whose determination shall settle the XX INTRODUCTION TO.
Pàgina xxi
Samuel Johnson. number great or small - whose determination shall settle the matter ; and when such a selection is made ... numbers unpleasing . The common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices applauds The Bard , and sets ...
Samuel Johnson. number great or small - whose determination shall settle the matter ; and when such a selection is made ... numbers unpleasing . The common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices applauds The Bard , and sets ...
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