Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 |
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Pagina 225
... genius only is discovered by their works , it is just that their virtues should be recorded by their friends . For no modest men ( as the person I write of was in perfection ) will write their own panegyricks ; and it is very hard that ...
... genius only is discovered by their works , it is just that their virtues should be recorded by their friends . For no modest men ( as the person I write of was in perfection ) will write their own panegyricks ; and it is very hard that ...
Pagina 230
... genius . And , indeed , most of the great works which have been produced in the world have been owing less to the poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not ...
... genius . And , indeed , most of the great works which have been produced in the world have been owing less to the poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not ...
Pagina 334
... genius for writing , the operations from the writing are much stronger : for the raising of Shakespeare's passions is more from the excellency of the words and thoughts , than the justness of the occasion ; and if he had been able to ...
... genius for writing , the operations from the writing are much stronger : for the raising of Shakespeare's passions is more from the excellency of the words and thoughts , than the justness of the occasion ; and if he had been able to ...
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