Lives of the English Poets: In Two VolumesJ. M. Dent, 1964 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 231
... criticism , however , was commonly just . What he thought , he thought rightly : and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as ...
... criticism , however , was commonly just . What he thought , he thought rightly : and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as ...
Pagina 275
... criticisms upon a Greek Exercise , which Cobb had presented , refuted one after another by Pindar's authority , cried ... Criticism ; " which , if he had written nothing else , would have placed him among the first critics and the first ...
... criticisms upon a Greek Exercise , which Cobb had presented , refuted one after another by Pindar's authority , cried ... Criticism ; " which , if he had written nothing else , would have placed him among the first critics and the first ...
Pagina 283
... criticism , and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace . Dulness or deformity are not culpable in themselves , but may be very justly reproached when they pretend to the honour of wit or the influence of beauty . If bad writers were to ...
... criticism , and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace . Dulness or deformity are not culpable in themselves , but may be very justly reproached when they pretend to the honour of wit or the influence of beauty . If bad writers were to ...
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