Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1889 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 50
... beauties than exposing the blemishes of a laudable writ- ing . Like Horace , in a long work he can bear some de- formities , and justly lay them on the imperfection of human nature , which is incapable of faultless produc- tions . When ...
... beauties than exposing the blemishes of a laudable writ- ing . Like Horace , in a long work he can bear some de- formities , and justly lay them on the imperfection of human nature , which is incapable of faultless produc- tions . When ...
Pagina 104
... beauties as expose faults , who censured with respect , and praised with alacrity . With this criticism Pope was so little offended , that he sought the acquaint- ance of the writer , who lived with him from that time in great ...
... beauties as expose faults , who censured with respect , and praised with alacrity . With this criticism Pope was so little offended , that he sought the acquaint- ance of the writer , who lived with him from that time in great ...
Pagina 155
... beauties , as to the general character and effect of each performance . It seems natural for a young poet to initiate himself by pastorals , which , not professing to imitate real life , require no experience ; and , exhibiting only the ...
... beauties , as to the general character and effect of each performance . It seems natural for a young poet to initiate himself by pastorals , which , not professing to imitate real life , require no experience ; and , exhibiting only the ...
Pagina 156
... beauties . " Every part is splendid ; there is great luxuriance of ornaments ; the original vision of Chaucer was never denied to be much improved ; the allegory is very skilfully continued , the imagery is properly selected , and ...
... beauties . " Every part is splendid ; there is great luxuriance of ornaments ; the original vision of Chaucer was never denied to be much improved ; the allegory is very skilfully continued , the imagery is properly selected , and ...
Pagina 159
... beauties of the essay would be unprofitably tedious : but I cannot forbear to observe that the comparison of a student's progress in the sciences with the journey of a traveller in the Alps is perhaps the best that English poetry can ...
... beauties of the essay would be unprofitably tedious : but I cannot forbear to observe that the comparison of a student's progress in the sciences with the journey of a traveller in the Alps is perhaps the best that English poetry can ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English poets Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation RICHARD HAKLUYT ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey write written wrote