Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 95
... remarks , that in his opinion Philips has mistaken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares that with the advance of the Spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is ...
... remarks , that in his opinion Philips has mistaken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares that with the advance of the Spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is ...
Page 290
... remarks on Pope's Odyssey , produces what he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dry- den's preface to the Eneid , in favour of translating an epick poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the Iliad ...
... remarks on Pope's Odyssey , produces what he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dry- den's preface to the Eneid , in favour of translating an epick poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the Iliad ...
Page 333
... Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age , wrote observations on the blank leaves ; which , having been in the possession of Mr. Garrick , are by his favour communicated to the publick , that no particle of Mr. Dryden may be lost ...
... Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age , wrote observations on the blank leaves ; which , having been in the possession of Mr. Garrick , are by his favour communicated to the publick , that no particle of Mr. Dryden may be lost ...
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