Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 132
... learned writers by their opposite tendencies contributed to rectify each other . The learned would have reduced tragedy to oratorical declamation , while the vulgar wanted a direct appeal to their feelings . The many feel what is ...
... learned writers by their opposite tendencies contributed to rectify each other . The learned would have reduced tragedy to oratorical declamation , while the vulgar wanted a direct appeal to their feelings . The many feel what is ...
Page 148
... learned ; it did not fill a mind capable of think- ing strongly . The merit of Shake- speare was such as the ignorant could take in , and the learned add nothing to . ' John . Letters , ii . 440 . Works , i . 139 . 4 Ante , ADDISON , 80 ...
... learned ; it did not fill a mind capable of think- ing strongly . The merit of Shake- speare was such as the ignorant could take in , and the learned add nothing to . ' John . Letters , ii . 440 . Works , i . 139 . 4 Ante , ADDISON , 80 ...
Page 251
... learned men * . ' 5 I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and 39 will therefore quote from another Preface a passage less repre- hensible . ' Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust to me by wresting and ...
... learned men * . ' 5 I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and 39 will therefore quote from another Preface a passage less repre- hensible . ' Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust to me by wresting and ...
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