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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 13
No man could be born a metaphy , sical poet nor assume the dignity of a writer ,
by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations ,
by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and ...
No man could be born a metaphy , sical poet nor assume the dignity of a writer ,
by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations ,
by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and ...
Pagina 31
It is hard to conceive that a man of the first rank in learning and wit , when he was
dealing out such minute morality in such feeble diction , could imagine , either
waking or dreaming , that he imitated Pindar . In the following odes , where ...
It is hard to conceive that a man of the first rank in learning and wit , when he was
dealing out such minute morality in such feeble diction , could imagine , either
waking or dreaming , that he imitated Pindar . In the following odes , where ...
Pagina 34
... on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is
unhappily inserted in the Musce Anglicanæ , Pindarism prevailed about half a
century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations supply its place .
... on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is
unhappily inserted in the Musce Anglicanæ , Pindarism prevailed about half a
century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations supply its place .
Pagina 35
By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ;
and by Dryden , in “ Mack Flecknoe , ” it has once been imitated ; nor do Í
recollect much other notice from its publication till now in the . whole succession
of ...
By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ;
and by Dryden , in “ Mack Flecknoe , ” it has once been imitated ; nor do Í
recollect much other notice from its publication till now in the . whole succession
of ...
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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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