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Pagina 6
But Pope's this posthumous praise may safely be credited , account of wit is
undoubtedly erroneous : he As it has never been contradicted by envy or by
depresses it below its natural dignity , and refaction . duces it from strength of
thought to ...
But Pope's this posthumous praise may safely be credited , account of wit is
undoubtedly erroneous : he As it has never been contradicted by envy or by
depresses it below its natural dignity , and refaction . duces it from strength of
thought to ...
Pagina 12
... proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not man of his time was proud to
praise , there are , of things revealed , but of the reality of revelaas there must be
in all Cowley's compositions , tion . In the verses for Reason , is a passage some
...
... proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not man of his time was proud to
praise , there are , of things revealed , but of the reality of revelaas there must be
in all Cowley's compositions , tion . In the verses for Reason , is a passage some
...
Pagina 13
His praises are too far upon Crashaw , which apparently excel all that sought ,
and too hyperbolical , either to express have gone before them , and in which
there are love or to excite it ; every stanza is crowder beauties which common
authors ...
His praises are too far upon Crashaw , which apparently excel all that sought ,
and too hyperbolical , either to express have gone before them , and in which
there are love or to excite it ; every stanza is crowder beauties which common
authors ...
Pagina 16
Lucifer makes a speech to the inferior agents Yet surely those verses are not
without a just of mischief , in which there is something of heathclaim to praise ; of
which it may be said with enism , and therefore of impropriety ; and , to truth , no ...
Lucifer makes a speech to the inferior agents Yet surely those verses are not
without a just of mischief , in which there is something of heathclaim to praise ; of
which it may be said with enism , and therefore of impropriety ; and , to truth , no ...
Pagina 18
It is said by Denham in his elegy , Had not his characters been depraved like To
him no author was unkuown , every other part by improper decorations , they Yet
what he writ was all his own . would have deserved uncommon praise . He gives
...
It is said by Denham in his elegy , Had not his characters been depraved like To
him no author was unkuown , every other part by improper decorations , they Yet
what he writ was all his own . would have deserved uncommon praise . He gives
...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | Jones and Company, 1848 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 28 feb 2019 |
| Lengte | 365 pagina's |
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