Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Հատոր 3G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
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... John Leland and others at the dissolution of the Abbeys . Bentley , the celebrated critic and classic , was keeper both of the St. James's and Cottonian Libraries . 1 Livres , " which the same question concerning the SWIFT . 11.
... John Leland and others at the dissolution of the Abbeys . Bentley , the celebrated critic and classic , was keeper both of the St. James's and Cottonian Libraries . 1 Livres , " which the same question concerning the SWIFT . 11.
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... Criticism was for a while lost in wonder ; no rules of judgement were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity . But when distinctions came to be made , the part which gave least pleasure was that which ...
... Criticism was for a while lost in wonder ; no rules of judgement were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity . But when distinctions came to be made , the part which gave least pleasure was that which ...
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... criticism , he read " Temple's Essays " " and " Locke on human Understanding . " His reading , though his favourite authors are not known , appears to have been sufficiently 1 St. Geneviève ( A.D. 424-512 ) was the patron saint of Paris ...
... criticism , he read " Temple's Essays " " and " Locke on human Understanding . " His reading , though his favourite authors are not known , appears to have been sufficiently 1 St. Geneviève ( A.D. 424-512 ) was the patron saint of Paris ...
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... an account of these poems , and a collection of criticisms upon them , see E. and C. vol . i . p . 232. Ald . P. vol . i . p . 13 . performances received no improvement from his maturer studies . At 68 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... an account of these poems , and a collection of criticisms upon them , see E. and C. vol . i . p . 232. Ald . P. vol . i . p . 13 . performances received no improvement from his maturer studies . At 68 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... criticisms , and liberal in his alterations , the old scribbler was angry to see his pages defaced , and felt more pain from the detection than content from the amendment of his faults . They parted ; but Pope ... criticism ; POPE . 69.
... criticisms , and liberal in his alterations , the old scribbler was angry to see his pages defaced , and felt more pain from the detection than content from the amendment of his faults . They parted ; but Pope ... criticism ; POPE . 69.
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Էջ 22 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Էջ 171 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Էջ 18 - PASCAL'S Thoughts. Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul. 3rd Edition, y, dd. PAULI'S (Dr. R.) Life of Alfred the Great. Translated from the German. To which is appended Alfred's ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF OROSIUS. With a literal Translation interpaged, Notes, and an ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR and GLOSSARY, by B. Thorpe. 5^. PAUSANIAS
Էջ 209 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man: A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
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Էջ 182 - The freaks, and humours, and spleen, and vanity, of women, as they embroil families in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year, than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries.
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Էջ 172 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
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