Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1977 - 461 pagina's |
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Pagina 133
... English heroick line strikes the ear so faintly that it is easily lost , unless all the syllables of every line co - operate together : this co - opera- tion can be only obtained by the preservation of every verse unmingled with another ...
... English heroick line strikes the ear so faintly that it is easily lost , unless all the syllables of every line co - operate together : this co - opera- tion can be only obtained by the preservation of every verse unmingled with another ...
Pagina 287
... English genera- tion must mention with reverence as a critick and a poet . DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition ...
... English genera- tion must mention with reverence as a critick and a poet . DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition ...
Pagina 336
... English than in the Greek , which must be proved by comparing them , somewhat more equitably than Mr. Rymer has done . ' After all , we need not yield that the English way is less conducing to move pity and terror , because they often ...
... English than in the Greek , which must be proved by comparing them , somewhat more equitably than Mr. Rymer has done . ' After all , we need not yield that the English way is less conducing to move pity and terror , because they often ...
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