Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - 493 pagina's |
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Pagina 53
... poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the common heroick of ten syllables , and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He con- sidered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick ...
... poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the common heroick of ten syllables , and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He con- sidered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick ...
Pagina 122
... poet . He has involved in his account of the Fall of Man the events which preceded , and those that were to follow it : he has interwoven the whole system of theology with such propriety , that every part appears to be necessary ; and ...
... poet . He has involved in his account of the Fall of Man the events which preceded , and those that were to follow it : he has interwoven the whole system of theology with such propriety , that every part appears to be necessary ; and ...
Pagina 239
... poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not venture in publick ; they certainly know their faults in the worst things ; and even their best things they are not ...
... poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not venture in publick ; they certainly know their faults in the worst things ; and even their best things they are not ...
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