Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page xii
... judgement , with Waller , and reaches its con- summation in Pope . " To attempt , ' he says of the author of The Rape of the Lock , ' to attempt any further improve- ment of versification will be dangerous . Art and diligence have now ...
... judgement , with Waller , and reaches its con- summation in Pope . " To attempt , ' he says of the author of The Rape of the Lock , ' to attempt any further improve- ment of versification will be dangerous . Art and diligence have now ...
Page 159
... judgement had been less severe . But that severity ( delivered in a masculine , clear , succinct style ) contributed to make him so eminent in the didactical manner , that no man , with justice , can affirm he was ever equalled by any ...
... judgement had been less severe . But that severity ( delivered in a masculine , clear , succinct style ) contributed to make him so eminent in the didactical manner , that no man , with justice , can affirm he was ever equalled by any ...
Page 434
... judgement are calm and serene , not formed by nature to make proselytes , and to controul and lord it over the imaginations of others . But that when an author writes a tragedy , who knows he has neither genius nor judgement , he has ...
... judgement are calm and serene , not formed by nature to make proselytes , and to controul and lord it over the imaginations of others . But that when an author writes a tragedy , who knows he has neither genius nor judgement , he has ...
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