The Works of the English Poets, Հատոր 34W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 318 էջ |
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... JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are falfe or trivial , or both ; his " thoughts are crude and abortive , his expreffions ab- " furd , his numbers harsh and unmufical , his rhymes " trivial and common ; -instead of majesty , we have ...
... JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are falfe or trivial , or both ; his " thoughts are crude and abortive , his expreffions ab- " furd , his numbers harsh and unmufical , his rhymes " trivial and common ; -instead of majesty , we have ...
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... JOHN DENNIS . ❝s That it is a wretched rhapfody , impudently writ " in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John Den- " ham : The author of it is obfcure , is ambiguous , is " affected , is temerarious , is barbarous . " But the ...
... JOHN DENNIS . ❝s That it is a wretched rhapfody , impudently writ " in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John Den- " ham : The author of it is obfcure , is ambiguous , is " affected , is temerarious , is barbarous . " But the ...
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... JOHN DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM fums up his character in these lines : ❝b And yet so wondrous , fo fublime a thing , " As the great Iliad , fcarce could make me fing , " Unless I justly could at once commend " A good companion , and as firm a ...
... JOHN DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM fums up his character in these lines : ❝b And yet so wondrous , fo fublime a thing , " As the great Iliad , fcarce could make me fing , " Unless I justly could at once commend " A good companion , and as firm a ...
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... turned againft him : First again commencing with the high voiced and never enough quoted Mr. JOHN DENNIS , f In his Poems , and at the end of the Odyffey . Who , Who , in his Reflections on the Effay on Criticism 38 TESTIMONIES.
... turned againft him : First again commencing with the high voiced and never enough quoted Mr. JOHN DENNIS , f In his Poems , and at the end of the Odyffey . Who , Who , in his Reflections on the Effay on Criticism 38 TESTIMONIES.
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... John of Leyden , could entirely bring to pass . To all this we have , as we conceive , a fufficient an- fwer from the Roman historian , " Fabrum effe fuæ quem- que fortunæ : " That every man is the Smith of his own fortune . The politic ...
... John of Leyden , could entirely bring to pass . To all this we have , as we conceive , a fufficient an- fwer from the Roman historian , " Fabrum effe fuæ quem- que fortunæ : " That every man is the Smith of his own fortune . The politic ...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Հատոր 34 Samuel Johnson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1779 |
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