Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 404 pagina's |
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Pagina 137
... less severe , may be answered by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgment would probably have been less severe if his imagina- tion had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
... less severe , may be answered by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgment would probably have been less severe if his imagina- tion had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
Pagina 197
... less time than The Royal Martyr ; though the author thought not fit , either ostentatiously or mournfully , to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary perform- ance , written in ...
... less time than The Royal Martyr ; though the author thought not fit , either ostentatiously or mournfully , to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary perform- ance , written in ...
Pagina 313
... less airy , is less pleasing . Of his other compositions it is impossible to say whether they are the pro- ductions of Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art so refined as to resemble Nature . This criticism ...
... less airy , is less pleasing . Of his other compositions it is impossible to say whether they are the pro- ductions of Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art so refined as to resemble Nature . This criticism ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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