The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... affected to think liberty in danger , affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it : and Addison was importun- ed , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain , to fhew his courage and his zeal by finishing his ...
... affected to think liberty in danger , affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it : and Addison was importun- ed , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain , to fhew his courage and his zeal by finishing his ...
Page 60
... affected " and artificial . Of all the tragedies which " in his memory have had vast and violent << runs , not one has been excellent , few have " been tolerable , moft have been fcandalous . " When a poet writes a tragedy , who knows ...
... affected " and artificial . Of all the tragedies which " in his memory have had vast and violent << runs , not one has been excellent , few have " been tolerable , moft have been fcandalous . " When a poet writes a tragedy , who knows ...
Page 86
... affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wifhes to attain an English ftile , familiar but not coarse , and elegant but not oftentatious , must give his days and nights to the ...
... affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wifhes to attain an English ftile , familiar but not coarse , and elegant but not oftentatious , must give his days and nights to the ...
Page 93
... affects to fear , he will erect a Bank for Wit . In this poem he justly cenfured Dryden's impurities , but praised his powers ; though in a fubfequent edition he retained the fatire and omitted the praise . What was his reason I know ...
... affects to fear , he will erect a Bank for Wit . In this poem he justly cenfured Dryden's impurities , but praised his powers ; though in a fubfequent edition he retained the fatire and omitted the praise . What was his reason I know ...
Page 107
... affected contempt of the An- cients , and a fupercilious derifion of trans- mitted knowledge . Of this indecent arro- gance the following quotation from his Pre- face to the Treatife on the Small - pox will af- ford a fpecimen ; in ...
... affected contempt of the An- cients , and a fupercilious derifion of trans- mitted knowledge . Of this indecent arro- gance the following quotation from his Pre- face to the Treatife on the Small - pox will af- ford a fpecimen ; in ...
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