The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 8
... persons , enemies to the muses . " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it under the title of ...
... persons , enemies to the muses . " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it under the title of ...
Pagina 15
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some en- comiastic verses : In every thing there naturally grows A Balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some en- comiastic verses : In every thing there naturally grows A Balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
Pagina 71
... person . But as Nemesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has enforced the charge of a solecism by an expression in itself grossly solecistical , when for one of those supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think ...
... person . But as Nemesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has enforced the charge of a solecism by an expression in itself grossly solecistical , when for one of those supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think ...
Pagina 76
... persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The Persons . Michael . Chorus of Angels . Heavenly Love . Lucifer . Adam , with the Serpent . Moses . The Persons . Divine ...
... persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The Persons . Michael . Chorus of Angels . Heavenly Love . Lucifer . Adam , with the Serpent . Moses . The Persons . Divine ...
Pagina 90
... persons of man's estate , who , of their own accord , greedily catched at the opportunity of being his readers , that they might as well reap the benefit of what they read to him , as oblige him by the benefit of their reading ; and ...
... persons of man's estate , who , of their own accord , greedily catched at the opportunity of being his readers , that they might as well reap the benefit of what they read to him , as oblige him by the benefit of their reading ; and ...
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