The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; 1 * PRIOR . 3.
... prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; 1 * PRIOR . 3.
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... mind with change of language and succession of images ; every couplet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work ...
... mind with change of language and succession of images ; every couplet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work ...
Pagina 22
... mind vigorous and acute , and furnished with comic cha- racters by the perusal of other poets , without much actual commerce with mankind . The dialogue is one constant re- ciprocation of conceits , or clash of wit , in which nothing ...
... mind vigorous and acute , and furnished with comic cha- racters by the perusal of other poets , without much actual commerce with mankind . The dialogue is one constant re- ciprocation of conceits , or clash of wit , in which nothing ...
Pagina 27
... mind replete with images and quick in combination . Of his miscellaneous poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he ...
... mind replete with images and quick in combination . Of his miscellaneous poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he ...
Pagina 30
... mind when he wrote his own . His imitations of Horace are feebly paraphrastical , and the additions which he makes are of little value . He sometimes retains what were more properly omitted , as when he talks of vervain and gums to ...
... mind when he wrote his own . His imitations of Horace are feebly paraphrastical , and the additions which he makes are of little value . He sometimes retains what were more properly omitted , as when he talks of vervain and gums to ...
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