The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works. By Samuel Johnson. A New Edition, Corrected ..Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 44
... lefs fkill feem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a tranf- Iation , it may be very properly confulted as a com- mentary . The fpirit of Pindar is indeed not ...
... lefs fkill feem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a tranf- Iation , it may be very properly confulted as a com- mentary . The fpirit of Pindar is indeed not ...
Pàgina 52
... lefs talk of an allegorical Being . It is not only when the events are confeffedly miraculous , that fancy and fiction lofe their effect : the whole fyftem of life , while the Theocracy was yet vifible , has an appearance fo different ...
... lefs talk of an allegorical Being . It is not only when the events are confeffedly miraculous , that fancy and fiction lofe their effect : the whole fyftem of life , while the Theocracy was yet vifible , has an appearance fo different ...
Pàgina 58
... lefs limitation , when it is affirmed of Cowley , than perhaps of any other poet . He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily adopted that which was predominant . He He faw a ...
... lefs limitation , when it is affirmed of Cowley , than perhaps of any other poet . He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily adopted that which was predominant . He He faw a ...
Pàgina 62
... lefs familiar than that of his flightest writings . He has given not the fame . numbers , but the fame diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempeftuous Pindar . His verfification feems to have had very little of his care ; and if ...
... lefs familiar than that of his flightest writings . He has given not the fame . numbers , but the fame diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempeftuous Pindar . His verfification feems to have had very little of his care ; and if ...
Pàgina 67
... lefs ; that he was equally qua- lified for fpritely fallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among thofe who freed tranflation from fer- vility , and , inftead of following his author at a distance , walked by his fide ; and that ...
... lefs ; that he was equally qua- lified for fpritely fallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among thofe who freed tranflation from fer- vility , and , inftead of following his author at a distance , walked by his fide ; and that ...
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