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Pagina 11
If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉLVN uiunting an
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 thing : they neither copied
nature ...
If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉLVN uiunting an
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 thing : they neither copied
nature ...
Pagina 25
To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts
of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to
join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in ...
To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts
of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to
join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in ...
Pagina 27
His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the
critic , mingle their influence even in this ... The verses to Davenant , which are
vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very ...
His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the
critic , mingle their influence even in this ... The verses to Davenant , which are
vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very ...
Pagina 39
As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve ,
there is no opportunity for such criticism as epic poems commonly supply . The
plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part . The duration of
an ...
As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve ,
there is no opportunity for such criticism as epic poems commonly supply . The
plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part . The duration of
an ...
Pagina 46
After so much criticism on his Poems , the Essays which accompany them must
not be forgotten . What is said by Sprat of his conversation , that no man could
draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied to these ...
After so much criticism on his Poems , the Essays which accompany them must
not be forgotten . What is said by Sprat of his conversation , that no man could
draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied to these ...
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| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 Volumes 418-419 van Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 van Tauchnitz edition. Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Johnson Volume 1 van The lives of the english poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Johnson |
| Uitgever | Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Universiteit Gent |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 16 juni 2008 |
| Lengte | 4 pagina's |
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