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Pagina 4
But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its
power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness
. Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough of information ,
that ...
But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its
power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness
. Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough of information ,
that ...
Pagina 8
... the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation
and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to
exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence
.
... the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation
and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to
exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence
.
Pagina 25
Such an assemblage of diversified excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded
. 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 ...
Such an assemblage of diversified excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded
. 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 ...
Pagina 26
Of all the passages in which poets have exemplified their own precepts , none
will easily be found of greater excellence than that in which Cowley condemns
exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shews more cost
...
Of all the passages in which poets have exemplified their own precepts , none
will easily be found of greater excellence than that in which Cowley condemns
exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shews more cost
...
Pagina 41
He was in his own time considered as of unrivalled excellence . Clarendon
represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and
Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were
Spenser ...
He was in his own time considered as of unrivalled excellence . Clarendon
represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and
Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were
Spenser ...
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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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