Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 787 pagina's |
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Pagina 119
... knowledge and to fortune , and flattered himself with advances to be made in science , as with riches , to be enjoyed in some distant period of his life . For the acquisi- tion of knowledge he was indeed far better qualified than for ...
... knowledge and to fortune , and flattered himself with advances to be made in science , as with riches , to be enjoyed in some distant period of his life . For the acquisi- tion of knowledge he was indeed far better qualified than for ...
Pagina 214
... knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study , with better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and ...
... knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study , with better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and ...
Pagina 366
... knowledge enabled him , to describe . It is not devoid of poetical spirit . Many of the images are striking , and many of the paragraphs are elegant . The cast of diction seems to be copied from Thomson , whose Seasons were then in ...
... knowledge enabled him , to describe . It is not devoid of poetical spirit . Many of the images are striking , and many of the paragraphs are elegant . The cast of diction seems to be copied from Thomson , whose Seasons were then in ...
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