Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Nature with all those excellent and necessary qualifications which are previous to the accomplishment of a great man . His memory was large and tenacious , yet by a curious felicity chiefly susceptible of the finest impressions it ...
... Nature with all those excellent and necessary qualifications which are previous to the accomplishment of a great man . His memory was large and tenacious , yet by a curious felicity chiefly susceptible of the finest impressions it ...
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... natural for those who knew his peculiar way of writing to turn to his share in the work , as by far the most relishing part of the entertainment . As his parts were extraordinary , so he well knew how to improve them ; and not only to ...
... natural for those who knew his peculiar way of writing to turn to his share in the work , as by far the most relishing part of the entertainment . As his parts were extraordinary , so he well knew how to improve them ; and not only to ...
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... nature ( which was not in his temper ) but strict justice that would not let him call a few flowers set in ranks a glib measure and so many couplets by the name of poetry : he was of Ben Jonson's opinion , who could not admire ' The ...
... nature ( which was not in his temper ) but strict justice that would not let him call a few flowers set in ranks a glib measure and so many couplets by the name of poetry : he was of Ben Jonson's opinion , who could not admire ' The ...
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... natural and bold ; his numbers various and sounding ; and that enameled mixture of classical wit , which , without redundance and affecta- tion , sparkled through his writings , and was no less pertinent and agreeable . His Phædra ' is ...
... natural and bold ; his numbers various and sounding ; and that enameled mixture of classical wit , which , without redundance and affecta- tion , sparkled through his writings , and was no less pertinent and agreeable . His Phædra ' is ...
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... nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , she has certainly made a finer figure under Mr. Smith's conduct , upon the English stage , than either Rome or Athens ; and if ...
... nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , she has certainly made a finer figure under Mr. Smith's conduct , upon the English stage , than either Rome or Athens ; and if ...
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