Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to Hedelin and Bossu 3 ; so ...
... criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to Hedelin and Bossu 3 ; so ...
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... critic , often lament the neglect of Phaedra and Hippolitus , and wish to see the stage under better regulations . ' Ante , DRYDEN , 28. Hume says of eloquence that being merely cal- culated for the public and for men of the world , it ...
... critic , often lament the neglect of Phaedra and Hippolitus , and wish to see the stage under better regulations . ' Ante , DRYDEN , 28. Hume says of eloquence that being merely cal- culated for the public and for men of the world , it ...
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... critic soars , But paints in fustian , or in turn deplores ; LIVES OF POETS . II C till he had given notice of its For far - fetch'd rhymes makes puz- zled angels strain , And in low prose dull Lucifer com- plain . ' Eng . Poets , xxv ...
... critic soars , But paints in fustian , or in turn deplores ; LIVES OF POETS . II C till he had given notice of its For far - fetch'd rhymes makes puz- zled angels strain , And in low prose dull Lucifer com- plain . ' Eng . Poets , xxv ...
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... criticism , and by a 62 cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was remarkable for the power of reading with great 63 rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he so easily ...
... criticism , and by a 62 cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was remarkable for the power of reading with great 63 rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he so easily ...
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... critics would have imposed upon the world for a political allegory . ' King's Re- mains , p . 14 . 3 Post , ADDISON , 29 . Useful Transactions in Philo- sophy and other sorts of Learning . Works , ii . 57. In The Present State of Wit ...
... critics would have imposed upon the world for a political allegory . ' King's Re- mains , p . 14 . 3 Post , ADDISON , 29 . Useful Transactions in Philo- sophy and other sorts of Learning . Works , ii . 57. In The Present State of Wit ...
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