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Pagina 13
If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry t«x»t/ f W"")> m imitative art
, these writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets; for
they cannot be said to have imitated any th1ng; they neither copied nature nor life
...
If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry t«x»t/ f W"")> m imitative art
, these writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets; for
they cannot be said to have imitated any th1ng; they neither copied nature nor life
...
Pagina 32
Real mirth must be always natural, and nature is uniform. Men have been wise in
very different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Levity of
thought naturally produced familiarity of language, and the familiar part of
language ...
Real mirth must be always natural, and nature is uniform. Men have been wise in
very different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Levity of
thought naturally produced familiarity of language, and the familiar part of
language ...
Pagina 123
ally invest himself with grace; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness. ... He
seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it
was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the
power ...
ally invest himself with grace; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness. ... He
seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it
was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the
power ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 van The world's classics |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Pennsylvania State University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 6 juli 2011 |
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