The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excel ...
... please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excel ...
Page 65
... please at once . The pleasures of the mind im- ply fomething fudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always furprise . What is perceived by flow degrees may gratify us with confciousnefs of improvement , but will never ftrike ...
... please at once . The pleasures of the mind im- ply fomething fudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always furprise . What is perceived by flow degrees may gratify us with confciousnefs of improvement , but will never ftrike ...
Page 172
... please like an union of the narrative and dramatic powers . Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by fome imitator , it would have claimed and received univerfal praife . If Paradife Regained has been too much depreciated ...
... please like an union of the narrative and dramatic powers . Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by fome imitator , it would have claimed and received univerfal praife . If Paradife Regained has been too much depreciated ...
Page 175
... please , muft condefcend to rhyme . The highest praife of genius is original invention . Milton cannot be faid to have contrived the ftructure of an epick poem , and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which ...
... please , muft condefcend to rhyme . The highest praife of genius is original invention . Milton cannot be faid to have contrived the ftructure of an epick poem , and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which ...
Page 187
... please , must make provision . The skilful wri- ter irritat , mulcet , makes a due diftribution of the still and animated parts . It is for want of this artful inter- texture , and thofe neceffary changes , that the whole of a book may ...
... please , must make provision . The skilful wri- ter irritat , mulcet , makes a due diftribution of the still and animated parts . It is for want of this artful inter- texture , and thofe neceffary changes , that the whole of a book may ...
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