Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1892 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 24
... faults ; negligence or errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness propagates itself . He that is weary the first hour is more weary the ...
... faults ; negligence or errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness propagates itself . He that is weary the first hour is more weary the ...
Pagina 26
... faults , but not produce excellence . Prior is never low , nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of Euripides , that he forces himself sometimes into grandeur by violence of effort , as the lion kindles his fury by the lashes ...
... faults , but not produce excellence . Prior is never low , nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of Euripides , that he forces himself sometimes into grandeur by violence of effort , as the lion kindles his fury by the lashes ...
Pagina 49
... faults : a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work , the general character must always remain . The original con- stitution can be very little helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical ...
... faults : a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work , the general character must always remain . The original con- stitution can be very little helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical ...
Pagina 51
... faults , and sets off their virtues , and by his candour guards them from the severity of his judgment . He is not like those dry critics who are morose because they cannot write themselves , but is himself master of a good vein in ...
... faults , and sets off their virtues , and by his candour guards them from the severity of his judgment . He is not like those dry critics who are morose because they cannot write themselves , but is himself master of a good vein in ...
Pagina 57
... without re- proach , even when his boldness of reprehension naturally turned upon him many eyes desirous to espy faults which many tongues would have made haste to publish . But those who could not blame , could , at least BLACKMORE . 57.
... without re- proach , even when his boldness of reprehension naturally turned upon him many eyes desirous to espy faults which many tongues would have made haste to publish . But those who could not blame , could , at least BLACKMORE . 57.
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