Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 164
... poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite ... poet may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently ...
... poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite ... poet may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently ...
Page 243
... poet writ these two lines aboard some smack in a storm , and , being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump of clotted nonsense at once . ' Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been ...
... poet writ these two lines aboard some smack in a storm , and , being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump of clotted nonsense at once . ' Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been ...
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... poet . ' 4. The thoughts which express the manners . 5. The words which express those thoughts . ' In the last of these , Homer excels Virgil ; Virgil all other ancient poets ; and Shakespeare all modern poets . ' For the second of ...
... poet . ' 4. The thoughts which express the manners . 5. The words which express those thoughts . ' In the last of these , Homer excels Virgil ; Virgil all other ancient poets ; and Shakespeare all modern poets . ' For the second of ...
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