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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Pagina 249
... shew , that by studied misconstruction every thing may be equally represented as ridiculous . After so much of Dryden's elegant animadversions , justice requires that something of Settle's should be exhibited . The following ...
... shew , that by studied misconstruction every thing may be equally represented as ridiculous . After so much of Dryden's elegant animadversions , justice requires that something of Settle's should be exhibited . The following ...
Pagina 298
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
Pagina 425
... shew that he had perused the works with great diligence and skill . The abundance of his own mind left him little indeed of adventitious sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical ...
... shew that he had perused the works with great diligence and skill . The abundance of his own mind left him little indeed of adventitious sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical ...
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Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton ... Samuel Johnson Fragmentweergave - 1952 |
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