Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 |
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Pagina 99
... less could be performed by the writer , less likewise would content the judges of his work . Among this lagging race of frosty grovellers he might still have risen into eminence by producing something which they should not willingly let ...
... less could be performed by the writer , less likewise would content the judges of his work . Among this lagging race of frosty grovellers he might still have risen into eminence by producing something which they should not willingly let ...
Pagina 166
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
Pagina 398
... less airy , is less pleasing . Of his other compositions it is impossible to say whether they are the productions of Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art so refined as to resemble Nature . This criticism ...
... less airy , is less pleasing . Of his other compositions it is impossible to say whether they are the productions of Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art so refined as to resemble Nature . This criticism ...
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