The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 5
... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
Pagina 16
... poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or activity of fancy . He never made ...
... poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or activity of fancy . He never made ...
Pagina 17
... poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excite- ment of virtue , but the repression of wickedness ...
... poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excite- ment of virtue , but the repression of wickedness ...
Pagina 22
... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily inci- dents , it apparently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is ...
... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily inci- dents , it apparently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is ...
Pagina 23
... poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on the attention ...
... poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on the attention ...
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