The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 2Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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Pagina 16
... being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump “ of clotted nonsense at once . ” :
Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's ,
has never been thought worthy of republica tion , and is not easily to be found , it
may ...
... being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump “ of clotted nonsense at once . ” :
Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's ,
has never been thought worthy of republica tion , and is not easily to be found , it
may ...
Pagina 115
He who writes much , will not easily escape a manner , such a recurrence of
particular modes as may be easily noted . Dryden is always another and the
same , he does not exhibit a second time the same elegances in the same form ,
nor ...
He who writes much , will not easily escape a manner , such a recurrence of
particular modes as may be easily noted . Dryden is always another and the
same , he does not exhibit a second time the same elegances in the same form ,
nor ...
Pagina 247
A subject will not easily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the
understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the
passions , in which I suspect him to have had less power , Having formed his
plan ...
A subject will not easily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the
understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the
passions , in which I suspect him to have had less power , Having formed his
plan ...
Pagina 306
The fable is drawn from an obscure and barbarous age , to which fictions are
most easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they
easily take forms from imagination . The scene lies among our ancestors in our
own ...
The fable is drawn from an obscure and barbarous age , to which fictions are
most easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they
easily take forms from imagination . The scene lies among our ancestors in our
own ...
Pagina 416
When he shewed them their defects , he shewed them likewise that they might be
easily supplied . His attempt succeeded ; enquiry was awakened , and
comprehension expanded . An emulation of intellectual elegance was excited ,
and from ...
When he shewed them their defects , he shewed them likewise that they might be
easily supplied . His attempt succeeded ; enquiry was awakened , and
comprehension expanded . An emulation of intellectual elegance was excited ,
and from ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 2 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | KB, Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 31 juli 2013 |
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