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This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of
Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his
Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and
poetry ...
This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of
Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his
Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and
poetry ...
Pagina 13
It is with great propriety that subtlety , which in its original import means exility of
particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those
writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of greatness ; for ...
It is with great propriety that subtlety , which in its original import means exility of
particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those
writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of greatness ; for ...
Pagina 23
Thus he represents the meditations of a Lover : Though in thy thoughts scarce
any tracts have been So much as of original sin , Such charms thy beauty wearg ,
as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dogt
in ...
Thus he represents the meditations of a Lover : Though in thy thoughts scarce
any tracts have been So much as of original sin , Such charms thy beauty wearg ,
as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dogt
in ...
Pagina 30
Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance ,
and the conclusion below it in strength , The connexion is supplied with great
perspicuity ; and thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together
by ...
Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance ,
and the conclusion below it in strength , The connexion is supplied with great
perspicuity ; and thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together
by ...
Pagina 31
In the Nemæan Ode the reader must , in mere justice to Pindar , observe , that
whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is
superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy ...
In the Nemæan Ode the reader must , in mere justice to Pindar , observe , that
whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is
superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy ...
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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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