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Pagina 15
Alma ” is written in professed imitation of “ Hudibras , " and has at least one
accidental resemblance : “ Hudibras " wants a plan , because it is left imperfect ; “
Alma ” is imperfect , because it seems never to have had a plan . Prior appears
not to ...
Alma ” is written in professed imitation of “ Hudibras , " and has at least one
accidental resemblance : “ Hudibras " wants a plan , because it is left imperfect ; “
Alma ” is imperfect , because it seems never to have had a plan . Prior appears
not to ...
Pagina 16
Unhappily this pernicious failure is that which an author is least able to discover .
We are seldom tiresome to ourselves ; and the act of composition fills and
delights the mind with change of language and succession of images ; every
couplet ...
Unhappily this pernicious failure is that which an author is least able to discover .
We are seldom tiresome to ourselves ; and the act of composition fills and
delights the mind with change of language and succession of images ; every
couplet ...
Pagina 20
He visited , once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more
places than one are still shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to
have written his “ Old Bachelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth is certainly
...
He visited , once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more
places than one are still shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to
have written his “ Old Bachelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth is certainly
...
Pagina 22
Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his
writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some consideration .
As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imitation of common life ...
Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his
writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some consideration .
As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imitation of common life ...
Pagina 33
Whether he promoted the succession or not , he at least approved it , and
adhered invariably to his principles and party through his whole life . His ardour
of poetry still continued ; and not long after Johnson's Lives . II . 3 ( 1700 ) he
published ...
Whether he promoted the succession or not , he at least approved it , and
adhered invariably to his principles and party through his whole life . His ardour
of poetry still continued ; and not long after Johnson's Lives . II . 3 ( 1700 ) he
published ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2 Volume 419 van Collection of British and American authors Collection of British authors ; no. 418-419 Volume 418 van Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | B. Tauchnitz, 1858 |
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