Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton. Samuel Butler. Earl of Rochester. Earl of Roscommon. Thomas Otway. Edmund Waller. John Dryden. John Pomfret. Earl of Dorset. George Stepney. John Philips. William Walsh. Edmund Smith. Richard Duke. William King. Thomas Sprat. Earl of Halifax. Thomas Parnell. Samuel Garth. Nicholas Rowe. Joseph Addison. John Hughes. John Sheffield, duke of Buckinghamshire. Matthew PriorOxford University Press, 1952 |
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... pleasure ' : poetry that gives no pleasure is not for him . For this reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of a lack of variety in subject or in treatment ...
... pleasure ' : poetry that gives no pleasure is not for him . For this reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of a lack of variety in subject or in treatment ...
Pagina 32
... pleasure . The artifice of inversion , by which the established order of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by those ...
... pleasure . The artifice of inversion , by which the established order of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by those ...
Pagina 279
... pleasure , or the flatterers of vanity . Dryden has never been charged with any personal agency unworthy of a good character : he abetted vice and vanity only with his pen . One of his enemies has accused him of lewdness in his ...
... pleasure , or the flatterers of vanity . Dryden has never been charged with any personal agency unworthy of a good character : he abetted vice and vanity only with his pen . One of his enemies has accused him of lewdness in his ...
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Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton ... Samuel Johnson Fragmentweergave - 1952 |
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action Addison admiration afterwards appears beauties believe better called character common compositions considered continued Cowley criticism death delight desire Dryden Earl easily effect elegance English equal excellence expected expression favour formed friends genius give given hand hope images imagination imitation Italy kind King knowledge known labour language Latin learning least less lines lived lord lost manner means mention Milton mind nature never numbers observed occasion once opinion original passed performance perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise present probably produced publick published reader reason received relates remarks rhyme says seems sent sentiments shew sometimes supply supposed tell thing thought tion told tragedy translation true verses Waller whole write written wrote