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Page 13
... the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and
littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in
positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to
minuteness .
... the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and
littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in
positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to
minuteness .
Page 14
As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than
understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not
very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on
Knowledge ...
As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than
understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not
very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on
Knowledge ...
Page 24
... however confessed of these writers , that if they are upon common subjects
often unnecessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scholastic speculation
can be properly admitted , their copiousness and acuteness may justly be
admired .
... however confessed of these writers , that if they are upon common subjects
often unnecessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scholastic speculation
can be properly admitted , their copiousness and acuteness may justly be
admired .
Page 25
In all these examples it is apparent , that whatever is improper or vicious is
produced by a voluntary deviation from nature in pursuit of something new and
strange ; and that the writers fail to give delight by their desire of exciting
admiration .
In all these examples it is apparent , that whatever is improper or vicious is
produced by a voluntary deviation from nature in pursuit of something new and
strange ; and that the writers fail to give delight by their desire of exciting
admiration .
Page 28
... words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood ,
but by those who write to be admired . The Anacreontics therefore of Cowley give
now all the age to pleasure which they ever gave . If he was formed 28 COWLEY
.
... words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood ,
but by those who write to be admired . The Anacreontics therefore of Cowley give
now all the age to pleasure which they ever gave . If he was formed 28 COWLEY
.
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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