Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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... criticism , and with ' poisoning the town ' by contra- dicting in The Spectator the established rule of poetical justice , because his own hero , with all his virtues , was to fall before a tyrant . The fact is certain ; the motives we ...
... criticism , and with ' poisoning the town ' by contra- dicting in The Spectator the established rule of poetical justice , because his own hero , with all his virtues , was to fall before a tyrant . The fact is certain ; the motives we ...
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... criticism sink it in the same proportion . A great writer has lately styled him ' an indifferent poet , and a worse ... critic . ' Warburton's Pope , iv . 175. J. G. Cooper ( Boswell's Johnson , ii . 129 , iii . 149 ) called Addison ' a ...
... criticism sink it in the same proportion . A great writer has lately styled him ' an indifferent poet , and a worse ... critic . ' Warburton's Pope , iv . 175. J. G. Cooper ( Boswell's Johnson , ii . 129 , iii . 149 ) called Addison ' a ...
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... Criticism , 1. 420 . 2 For Macaulay's estimate of him see his History , iii . II . 3 See Appendix DD . ' Happy that author whose correct [ way . ' Essay Repairs so well our old Horatian ROSCOMMON , Eng . Poets , xv . 79 . 5 Dryden ...
... Criticism , 1. 420 . 2 For Macaulay's estimate of him see his History , iii . II . 3 See Appendix DD . ' Happy that author whose correct [ way . ' Essay Repairs so well our old Horatian ROSCOMMON , Eng . Poets , xv . 79 . 5 Dryden ...
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