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Pagina 39
... beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly conceived and strongly painted . Rymer has declared the Davideis superior to the Jerusalem of Tasso , " which , " says he , " the poet , with all his eare , has not ...
... beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly conceived and strongly painted . Rymer has declared the Davideis superior to the Jerusalem of Tasso , " which , " says he , " the poet , with all his eare , has not ...
Pagina 99
... beauties of this great poet some- times force their own judgment into false approbation of his little pieces , and prevail upon themselves to think that ad- mirable which is only singular . All that short compositions can commonly ...
... beauties of this great poet some- times force their own judgment into false approbation of his little pieces , and prevail upon themselves to think that ad- mirable which is only singular . All that short compositions can commonly ...
Pagina 111
... beauties there had been no end , I shall in the same general manner mention that which seems to deserve censure ; for what Englishman can take delight in transcribing passages , which , if they lessen the reputation of Milton , diminish ...
... beauties there had been no end , I shall in the same general manner mention that which seems to deserve censure ; for what Englishman can take delight in transcribing passages , which , if they lessen the reputation of Milton , diminish ...
Pagina 116
... beauties must be considered not as nice but as dull , as less to be cen- sured for want of candour , than pitied for want of sensibility . Of " Paradise Regained , " the general judgment seems now to be right , that it is in many parts ...
... beauties must be considered not as nice but as dull , as less to be cen- sured for want of candour , than pitied for want of sensibility . Of " Paradise Regained , " the general judgment seems now to be right , that it is in many parts ...
Pagina 141
... beauties in his compositions as in those of some con- temporaries , there are at least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only moral writer of King Charles's reign : - Unhappy Dryden ...
... beauties in his compositions as in those of some con- temporaries , there are at least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only moral writer of King Charles's reign : - Unhappy Dryden ...
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