The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina xx
... occasion . It certainly seems hard that if ' the poet's art is selection ' ( which who can doubt ? ) and if he ought to show ' the beauties without the grossness of country life ' ( an assertion which Johnson lived to see refuted in ...
... occasion . It certainly seems hard that if ' the poet's art is selection ' ( which who can doubt ? ) and if he ought to show ' the beauties without the grossness of country life ' ( an assertion which Johnson lived to see refuted in ...
Pàgina 6
... occasion the Vir- gilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of course into other hands ; ' and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was ...
... occasion the Vir- gilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of course into other hands ; ' and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was ...
Pàgina 14
... occasion , they should have said or done ; ↓ but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men ...
... occasion , they should have said or done ; ↓ but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men ...
Pàgina 79
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and school- master ; whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and knowledge to ...
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and school- master ; whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and knowledge to ...
Pàgina 124
... adventitious image beyond the dimensions which the occasion required . Thus , comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the moon , he crowds the imagination with the discovery of the telescope , and all the 124 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... adventitious image beyond the dimensions which the occasion required . Thus , comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the moon , he crowds the imagination with the discovery of the telescope , and all the 124 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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