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Pagina 6
He wrote it , ” says Boswell , “ 6 con amore , ' both from the early possession
which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the pleasure which he must
have felt in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame . I remember
once ...
He wrote it , ” says Boswell , “ 6 con amore , ' both from the early possession
which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the pleasure which he must
have felt in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame . I remember
once ...
Pagina 8
The City Mouse and Country Mouse " procured its authors more solid advantages
than the pleasure of fretting Dryden , for they were both speedily preferred .
Montague , indeed , obtained the first notice with some degree of discontent , as it
...
The City Mouse and Country Mouse " procured its authors more solid advantages
than the pleasure of fretting Dryden , for they were both speedily preferred .
Montague , indeed , obtained the first notice with some degree of discontent , as it
...
Pagina 25
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 till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if
he ...
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 till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if
he ...
Pagina 30
His disposition to become an author appeared very early , as -he very early felt
that force of imagination , and possessed that copiousness of sentiment , by
which intellectual pleasure can be given . His first performance was a novel
called ...
His disposition to become an author appeared very early , as -he very early felt
that force of imagination , and possessed that copiousness of sentiment , by
which intellectual pleasure can be given . His first performance was a novel
called ...
Pagina 35
It is acknowledged , with aniversal conviction , that the perusal of his works will
make no man better , and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in
alliance with vice , and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be
regulated .
It is acknowledged , with aniversal conviction , that the perusal of his works will
make no man better , and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in
alliance with vice , and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be
regulated .
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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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