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Pagina 24
Tediousness is the most fatal of all 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 ...
Tediousness is the most fatal of all 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 ...
Pagina 26
... so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not produce
excellence . Prior is never lo nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of
Euripides , that he forces himself sometimes into grandeur by violence of effort ,
as the ...
... so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not produce
excellence . Prior is never lo nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of
Euripides , that he forces himself sometimes into grandeur by violence of effort ,
as the ...
Pagina 49
Correction seldom effects more than the suppression of 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 constitution can be very little helped
by ...
Correction seldom effects more than the suppression of 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 constitution can be very little helped
by ...
Pagina 51
He promotes their interests , protects their reputation , extenuates their 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 ...
He promotes their interests , protects their reputation , extenuates their 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 ...
Pagina 57
... but it deserves observation , that malignity takes hold only of his writings , and
that his life passed without reproach , even when his boldness of reprehension
naturally turned upon him many eyes desirous to espy faults which many tongues
...
... but it deserves observation , that malignity takes hold only of his writings , and
that his life passed without reproach , even when his boldness of reprehension
naturally turned upon him many eyes desirous to espy faults which many tongues
...
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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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