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Pagina 102
This endeavour after the grand and the new produced many sentiments either
great or bulky , and many images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature
first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the ...
This endeavour after the grand and the new produced many sentiments either
great or bulky , and many images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature
first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the ...
Pagina 361
This employment became his favourite by its facility ; the plan was ready to his
hand , and nothing was required but to accommodate as he could the sentiments
of an old author to recent facts or familiar images ; but what is easy is seldom ...
This employment became his favourite by its facility ; the plan was ready to his
hand , and nothing was required but to accommodate as he could the sentiments
of an old author to recent facts or familiar images ; but what is easy is seldom ...
Pagina 384
These odes are marked by glittering accumulations of ungraceful ornaments ;
they strike , rather than please ; the images are magnified by affectation ; the
language is laboured into harshness . The mind of the writer seems to work with ...
These odes are marked by glittering accumulations of ungraceful ornaments ;
they strike , rather than please ; the images are magnified by affectation ; the
language is laboured into harshness . The mind of the writer seems to work with ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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able Addison afterwards allowed appeared attention believe called censure character common conduct considered conversation Cowley criticism death desire discovered Dryden easily easy effect elegance endeavoured English equal excellence expected faults favour formed fortune frequently friends gave genius give given happy hope human images imagination Italy Johnson kind knowledge known labour language learning least less letter lines live longer Lord lost manner means mention Milton mind nature necessary neglected never observed once opinion original passion performance perhaps person pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise printed produced published reader reason received regard remarks resentment Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes soon suffered sufficient supply supposed thought tion translation truth verses virtue whole write written wrote
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| gepubliceerd | 1964 |
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