The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... remarked of the ftudious and fpeculative , that they are proud of trifles , and that their amusements feem frivolous and childish ; whe- ther it be that men , confcious of great reputation , think themselves above the reach of cenfure ...
... remarked of the ftudious and fpeculative , that they are proud of trifles , and that their amusements feem frivolous and childish ; whe- ther it be that men , confcious of great reputation , think themselves above the reach of cenfure ...
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... remarked , that he began a little to relax his dig nity when he wrote a diftich for his " Highness's dog . " 66 His admiration of the Great feems to have in- creased in the advance of life . He paffed over peers and statesmen to ...
... remarked , that he began a little to relax his dig nity when he wrote a diftich for his " Highness's dog . " 66 His admiration of the Great feems to have in- creased in the advance of life . He paffed over peers and statesmen to ...
Page 175
... remarked that both end with the fame fault ; the comparison of each is literal on one fide , and metaphorical on the other . Poets do not always exprefs their own thoughts : Pope , with all this labour in the praise of Mufick , was ...
... remarked that both end with the fame fault ; the comparison of each is literal on one fide , and metaphorical on the other . Poets do not always exprefs their own thoughts : Pope , with all this labour in the praise of Mufick , was ...
Page 181
... remarked by Dennis likewise , that the machi- nery is fuperfluous ; that , by all the bustle of pre- ternatural operation , the main event is neither haf tened nor retarded . To this charge an efficacious anfwer is not eafily made . The ...
... remarked by Dennis likewise , that the machi- nery is fuperfluous ; that , by all the bustle of pre- ternatural operation , the main event is neither haf tened nor retarded . To this charge an efficacious anfwer is not eafily made . The ...
Page 192
... remarked by Savage , that the fecond was in the whole more ftrongly conceived , and more equally fupported , but that it had no fingle paffages equal to the contention in the firft for the dignity of Vice , and the celebration of the ...
... remarked by Savage , that the fecond was in the whole more ftrongly conceived , and more equally fupported , but that it had no fingle paffages equal to the contention in the firft for the dignity of Vice , and the celebration of the ...
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