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Page 40
... wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound . It ...
... wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound . It ...
Page 48
... wrote and published " An Essay upon Gaming . " He seems to have divided his studies between law and poetry : for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwith- standing ...
... wrote and published " An Essay upon Gaming . " He seems to have divided his studies between law and poetry : for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwith- standing ...
Page 50
... wrote the poem on Prudence and Justice , and perhaps some of his other pieces : and as he ap- pears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and ...
... wrote the poem on Prudence and Justice , and perhaps some of his other pieces : and as he ap- pears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and ...
Page 53
... wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit , and Virgil's state , He did not steal , but emulate ! And , when he would like them appear Their garb , but not their clothes , did wear . 1 As one of Denham's principal claims to the regard DENHAM ...
... wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit , and Virgil's state , He did not steal , but emulate ! And , when he would like them appear Their garb , but not their clothes , did wear . 1 As one of Denham's principal claims to the regard DENHAM ...
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... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he ...
... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he ...
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