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Pagina 29
Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the
ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro :
Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et hea ! nostro manat ab igne ...
Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the
ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro :
Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et hea ! nostro manat ab igne ...
Pagina 32
Thus all the power of description is destroyed by a scrupulous enumeration ; and
the force of metaphors is lost , when the mind by the mention of particulars is
turned more upon the original than the secondary sense , more upon that from ...
Thus all the power of description is destroyed by a scrupulous enumeration ; and
the force of metaphors is lost , when the mind by the mention of particulars is
turned more upon the original than the secondary sense , more upon that from ...
Pagina 35
Of the Davideis , no mention is made ; it never appears in books , nor emerges in
conversation . 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 ...
Of the Davideis , no mention is made ; it never appears in books , nor emerges in
conversation . 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 ...
Pagina 61
Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his
mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain
preservative from oblivion . At Florence he could not , indeed , complain that his
merit ...
Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his
mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain
preservative from oblivion . At Florence he could not , indeed , complain that his
merit ...
Pagina 65
I have transcribed this title to shew , by his comtemptuous mention of Usher , that
he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of manners . His next work was ,
“ The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelacy , by Mr . John ...
I have transcribed this title to shew , by his comtemptuous mention of Usher , that
he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of manners . His next work was ,
“ The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelacy , by Mr . John ...
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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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