The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 21750 |
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Page 15
... bring it into the " world , ' tis commonly ftill - born ; fo that " for want of learning and elocution , he will never be able to exprefs any thing " either naturally or justly ! " This This is not very decent ; yet this is one DRY DEN .
... bring it into the " world , ' tis commonly ftill - born ; fo that " for want of learning and elocution , he will never be able to exprefs any thing " either naturally or justly ! " This This is not very decent ; yet this is one DRY DEN .
Page 35
... learning , and ❝all comes into his play . " " Twould have done well too if he could have met with a rant or two , worth the " obfervation : such as , " Move swiftly , Sun , and fly a lover's pace , " Leave months and weeks behind thee ...
... learning , and ❝all comes into his play . " " Twould have done well too if he could have met with a rant or two , worth the " obfervation : such as , " Move swiftly , Sun , and fly a lover's pace , " Leave months and weeks behind thee ...
Page 51
... nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of his copies , he often accompanied his work with a preface of criticism ; a kind of learning then almost E 2 new new in the English language , and which he , DRY DE N. 5t.
... nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of his copies , he often accompanied his work with a preface of criticism ; a kind of learning then almost E 2 new new in the English language , and which he , DRY DE N. 5t.
Page 112
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of fomething which we have beftowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rife from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of fomething which we have beftowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rife from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
Page 119
... learning . He men- tions but few books , and thofe fuch as lie in the beaten track of regular ftudy ; from which if ever he departs , he is in danger of lofing himself in unknown regions . In his Dialogue on the Drama , he pro- nounces ...
... learning . He men- tions but few books , and thofe fuch as lie in the beaten track of regular ftudy ; from which if ever he departs , he is in danger of lofing himself in unknown regions . In his Dialogue on the Drama , he pro- nounces ...
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