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Pagina 27
With how little resemblance he has formed his new stanza to that of his master
these specimens will show : SPENSER “ She flying fast from Heaven's fated face
, And from the world that her discovered wide , Fled to the wasteful wilderness ...
With how little resemblance he has formed his new stanza to that of his master
these specimens will show : SPENSER “ She flying fast from Heaven's fated face
, And from the world that her discovered wide , Fled to the wasteful wilderness ...
Pagina 47
Here is again discovered the inhabitant of Cheapside , whose head cannot keep
his poetry unmingled with trade . To hinder that intellectual bankruptcy which he
affects to fear he will erect a “ Bank for Wit . ” In this poem he justly censured ...
Here is again discovered the inhabitant of Cheapside , whose head cannot keep
his poetry unmingled with trade . To hinder that intellectual bankruptcy which he
affects to fear he will erect a “ Bank for Wit . ” In this poem he justly censured ...
Pagina 50
... without any improvement , or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied
in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient critics to modern writings , and with
great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity .
... without any improvement , or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied
in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient critics to modern writings , and with
great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity .
Pagina 56
I have been told that there is something in them of vexation and discontent ,
discovered by a perpetual attempt to degrade physic from its sublimity , and to
represent it as attainable without much previous or concomitant learning . By the
...
I have been told that there is something in them of vexation and discontent ,
discovered by a perpetual attempt to degrade physic from its sublimity , and to
represent it as attainable without much previous or concomitant learning . By the
...
Pagina 58
The incessant attacks of his enemies , whether serious or merry , are never
discovered to have disturbed his quiet , or to have lessened his confidence in
himself : they neither awed him to silence nor to caution ; they neither provoked
him to ...
The incessant attacks of his enemies , whether serious or merry , are never
discovered to have disturbed his quiet , or to have lessened his confidence in
himself : they neither awed him to silence nor to caution ; they neither provoked
him to ...
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Addison affected afterwards allowed appear attention beauties began called censure character common considered copies criticism delight desire diligence discovered Dryden easily edition elegance English epigram epitaph equal Essay excellence expected express fame father faults favour formed friends gave genius give given hands Homer honour hope hundred Iliad judgment kind King knowledge known labour language learning less letter lines lived Lord manners mean mentioned mind nature never numbers observed once opinion original passages passed performance perhaps persons play pleased pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior produced published readers reason received remarks says seems sense sometimes soon success sufficient supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation true verses virtue volume wish write written wrote
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Volume 159 van Cassell's national library |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Henry Morley |
| Uitgever | Cassell, 1892 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | University of Iowa |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 4 jan 2016 |
| Lengte | 192 pagina's |
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