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Pagina 54
... poetry , it will be found that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either in- genious or ...
... poetry , it will be found that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either in- genious or ...
Pagina 62
... poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fer- vour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are em- bellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ...
... poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fer- vour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are em- bellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ...
Pagina 66
... poetry who has succeeded ? " It might be hoped that the favour of his master , and esteem of the public , would now make him hap- py . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much dis- quiet ...
... poetry who has succeeded ? " It might be hoped that the favour of his master , and esteem of the public , would now make him hap- py . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much dis- quiet ...
Pagina 67
... poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry . den perfected it . " He has given specimens of va rious composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in ...
... poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry . den perfected it . " He has given specimens of va rious composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in ...
Pagina 68
... poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and translators too . They but preserve the ashes ; thou ...
... poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and translators too . They but preserve the ashes ; thou ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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