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Pagina 114
Of those songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which even the morality is
voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of the present day , he
has given rather a pleasing than a faithful representation , having retained their ...
Of those songs dedicated to festivity and gaiety , in which even the morality is
voluptuous , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of the present day , he
has given rather a pleasing than a faithful representation , having retained their ...
Pagina 347
How could he despise those whom he lived by pleasing , and on whose
approbation his esteem of himself was superstructed ? Why should he hate those
to whose favour he owed his honour and his ease ? Of things that terminate in
human ...
How could he despise those whom he lived by pleasing , and on whose
approbation his esteem of himself was superstructed ? Why should he hate those
to whose favour he owed his honour and his ease ? Of things that terminate in
human ...
Pagina 417
This stanza , however , has something pleasing Of the second ternary † of
stanzas , the first endeavours to tell something , and would have told it , had it not
been crossed by Hyperion : the second describes well enough the universal ...
This stanza , however , has something pleasing Of the second ternary † of
stanzas , the first endeavours to tell something , and would have told it , had it not
been crossed by Hyperion : the second describes well enough the universal ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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acted afterwards appears attention beauties believe called censured character common composition considered Cowley criticism death delight desire Dryden easily effect elegance English equal excellence expected expression favour formed friends gave genius give given hand honour hope human hundred images Italy kind King knowledge known labour language Latin learning less Letters lines lived Lord lost manners means mention Milton mind nature never numbers observed once opinion original performance perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise present printed produced publick published raised reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme says seems sense shew sometimes soon sufficient supply supposed tell things thought tion told tragedy translation true truth verses virtue whole wish write written wrote
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Robert Montagu |
| Uitgever | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Lengte | 420 pagina's |
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