The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... knowledge and dexterity , at last sent to transact a negotiation in the highest degree arduous and important , for which he was qualified , among other requisites , in the opinion of Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French ...
... knowledge and dexterity , at last sent to transact a negotiation in the highest degree arduous and important , for which he was qualified , among other requisites , in the opinion of Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French ...
Pagina 14
... knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phadra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the prologue before the Queen 14 PRIOR .
... knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phadra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the prologue before the Queen 14 PRIOR .
Pagina 15
... knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity : he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which ...
... knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity : he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which ...
Pagina 22
... knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly examined , it will be found ...
... knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly examined , it will be found ...
Pagina 37
... knowledge , and a great felicity in finding out trifles . He is no less in- dustrious to search out the merit of an author than sagacious in discerning his errors and defects ; and takes more pleasure in commending the beauties than ...
... knowledge , and a great felicity in finding out trifles . He is no less in- dustrious to search out the merit of an author than sagacious in discerning his errors and defects ; and takes more pleasure in commending the beauties than ...
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