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Samuel Johnson. Sometimes a thought , which might perhaps fill a distich . is expanded and attenuated till it grows weak and ... sometimes empty and trifling , as that Upon the Card torn by the Queen . There are a few lines Written in the ...
Samuel Johnson. Sometimes a thought , which might perhaps fill a distich . is expanded and attenuated till it grows weak and ... sometimes empty and trifling , as that Upon the Card torn by the Queen . There are a few lines Written in the ...
Pagina 340
... sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind . He makes , like almost all other poets , very frequent use of mythology , and sometimes connects religion and fable too closely without dis- tinction . He descends to display his ...
... sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind . He makes , like almost all other poets , very frequent use of mythology , and sometimes connects religion and fable too closely without dis- tinction . He descends to display his ...
Pagina 344
... sometimes grateful to the reader , and sometimes convenient to the poet . Fenton was of opinion that Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his ...
... sometimes grateful to the reader , and sometimes convenient to the poet . Fenton was of opinion that Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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