Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 12
... person . Godolphin sent the message by Mr. Boyle , afterwards Lord Carlton ; and Addison , having under- taken the work , communicated it to the Treasury while it was yet advanced no further than the simile of the angel , and was ...
... person . Godolphin sent the message by Mr. Boyle , afterwards Lord Carlton ; and Addison , having under- taken the work , communicated it to the Treasury while it was yet advanced no further than the simile of the angel , and was ...
Page 30
... been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be formed from permanent monuments and records but 30 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be formed from permanent monuments and records but 30 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... person , tells us that " Achilles thus was formed of every grace , " here is no simile , but a mere exemplification . A simile may be compared to lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater ...
... person , tells us that " Achilles thus was formed of every grace , " here is no simile , but a mere exemplification . A simile may be compared to lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater ...
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... persons who want judgment , and some- , times too of those who have it , and , like a fierce and outrageous torrent , bear down all opposition before them . " He then condemns the neglect of poetical justice , which is one of his ...
... persons who want judgment , and some- , times too of those who have it , and , like a fierce and outrageous torrent , bear down all opposition before them . " He then condemns the neglect of poetical justice , which is one of his ...
Page 54
... person of this tragedy who listens , when love and treason were so often talked in so public a place as a hall ? I am afraid the author was driven upon all these absurdities only to introduce this miserable mistake of Marcia , which ...
... person of this tragedy who listens , when love and treason were so often talked in so public a place as a hall ? I am afraid the author was driven upon all these absurdities only to introduce this miserable mistake of Marcia , which ...
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