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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 13
No man could be born a metaphysical poet nor assume the dignity of a writer , by
descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by
traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and ...
No man could be born a metaphysical poet nor assume the dignity of a writer , by
descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by
traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and ...
Page 31
It is hard to conceive that a man of the first rank in learning and wit , when he was
dealing out such minute morality in such feeble diction , could imagine , either
waking or dreaming , that he imitated Țindar . In the following odes , where ...
It is hard to conceive that a man of the first rank in learning and wit , when he was
dealing out such minute morality in such feeble diction , could imagine , either
waking or dreaming , that he imitated Țindar . In the following odes , where ...
Page 34
Pindarism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and
other imitations supply its place . The Pindaric Odes have so long enjoyed the
highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with ...
Pindarism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and
other imitations supply its place . The Pindaric Odes have so long enjoyed the
highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with ...
Page 35
By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ;
and by Dryden , in “ Mack Flecknoe , ” it has once been imitated ; nor do I
recollect much other notice from its publication till now in the whole succession of
English ...
By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ;
and by Dryden , in “ Mack Flecknoe , ” it has once been imitated ; nor do I
recollect much other notice from its publication till now in the whole succession of
English ...
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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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