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Pàgina 82
... more to excite merriment than detesta- tion , and he detects follies rather than crimes . If any judgment be made , from his books , of his moral character , nothing will be found but purity and excellence 82 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... more to excite merriment than detesta- tion , and he detects follies rather than crimes . If any judgment be made , from his books , of his moral character , nothing will be found but purity and excellence 82 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 83
Samuel Johnson. character , nothing will be found but purity and excellence . Knowledge of mankind indeed , less extensive than that of Addison , will show , that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise virtue , do ...
Samuel Johnson. character , nothing will be found but purity and excellence . Knowledge of mankind indeed , less extensive than that of Addison , will show , that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise virtue , do ...
Pàgina 84
... excellence , he rarely sinks into dulness , and is still more rarely entangled in absurdity . He did not trust his powers enough to be negli- gent . There is in most of his compositions a calmness and equability , deliberate and ...
... excellence , he rarely sinks into dulness , and is still more rarely entangled in absurdity . He did not trust his powers enough to be negli- gent . There is in most of his compositions a calmness and equability , deliberate and ...
Pàgina 87
... excellence must be , the product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes tender ; the versification is easy and gay . There is doubtless some advantage in the shortness of the lines , which ...
... excellence must be , the product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes tender ; the versification is easy and gay . There is doubtless some advantage in the shortness of the lines , which ...
Pàgina 101
... excellence of a translator , such as may be read with pleasure by those who do not know the originals . His poetry is polished and pure ; the product of a mind too judicious to commit faults , but not sufficiently vigorous to attain ...
... excellence of a translator , such as may be read with pleasure by those who do not know the originals . His poetry is polished and pure ; the product of a mind too judicious to commit faults , but not sufficiently vigorous to attain ...
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