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Page 11
If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉXVN uiuntixn , an
imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name
of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither be
copied ...
If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉXVN uiuntixn , an
imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name
of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither be
copied ...
Page 25
To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts
of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to
join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in ...
To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts
of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to
join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in ...
Page 27
His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the
critic , mingle their influence even in this ... The verses to Davenant , which are
vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very ...
His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the
critic , mingle their influence even in this ... The verses to Davenant , which are
vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very ...
Page 34
... only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile the poet
with the critic , or to conceive how that can be the highest kind of writing in verse ,
which , according to Sprat , is chiefly to be preferred for its near affinity to prose .
... only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile the poet
with the critic , or to conceive how that can be the highest kind of writing in verse ,
which , according to Sprat , is chiefly to be preferred for its near affinity to prose .
Page 39
As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve ,
there is no opportunity for such criticism as epic poems commonly supply . The
plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part . The duration of
an ...
As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve ,
there is no opportunity for such criticism as epic poems commonly supply . The
plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part . The duration of
an ...
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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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