The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina x
... performances ; and though it has been frequently misjudged and frequently misunderstood , it cannot be said that the decision of posterity has been other than generous ; kindly in intention , if sometimes less than intelligent in ...
... performances ; and though it has been frequently misjudged and frequently misunderstood , it cannot be said that the decision of posterity has been other than generous ; kindly in intention , if sometimes less than intelligent in ...
Pàgina 8
... till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be superior to both , 8 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be superior to both , 8 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 30
... performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the know- ledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some ...
... performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the know- ledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some ...
Pàgina 31
... performances by their just value , and has therefore closed his Miscellanies with the verses upon Crashaw , which apparently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly think ...
... performances by their just value , and has therefore closed his Miscellanies with the verses upon Crashaw , which apparently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly think ...
Pàgina 40
... performance of the work . Sacred history has been always read with submissive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and ...
... performance of the work . Sacred history has been always read with submissive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and ...
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