The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 30
... satire of Juvenal was written very early , and may therefore be forgiven , though it have not the massiness and vigour of the original . In all his versions strength and sprightliness are wanting ; his Hymn to Venus , from Homer , is ...
... satire of Juvenal was written very early , and may therefore be forgiven , though it have not the massiness and vigour of the original . In all his versions strength and sprightliness are wanting ; his Hymn to Venus , from Homer , is ...
Pagina 34
... Satire on Wit ; " a procla- mation of defiance , which united the poets almost all against him , and which brought upon him lampoons and ridicule from every side . This he doubtless foresaw , and evidently despised ; nor should his ...
... Satire on Wit ; " a procla- mation of defiance , which united the poets almost all against him , and which brought upon him lampoons and ridicule from every side . This he doubtless foresaw , and evidently despised ; nor should his ...
Pagina 103
... satire . It is natural to inquire in what terms Mr. Savage spoke of this fatal action , when the danger was over , and he was under no necessity of using art to set his conduct in the fairest light . He was not willing to dwell upon it ...
... satire . It is natural to inquire in what terms Mr. Savage spoke of this fatal action , when the danger was over , and he was under no necessity of using art to set his conduct in the fairest light . He was not willing to dwell upon it ...
Pagina 104
... satire might point at her would glance upon them ; Lord Tyrconnel , whatever were his motives , upon his promise to lay aside his design of exposing the cruelty of his mother , received him into his family , treated him as his equal ...
... satire might point at her would glance upon them ; Lord Tyrconnel , whatever were his motives , upon his promise to lay aside his design of exposing the cruelty of his mother , received him into his family , treated him as his equal ...
Pagina 105
... satire ought to be recanted , for the sake of him whose reputation may be injured , false praise ought likewise to be obviated , lest the distinction between vice and virtue should be lost , lest a bad man should be trusted upon the ...
... satire ought to be recanted , for the sake of him whose reputation may be injured , false praise ought likewise to be obviated , lest the distinction between vice and virtue should be lost , lest a bad man should be trusted upon the ...
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