Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 33
... beauties and faults , and nearly in the same propor- tion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the writer's knowledge flows in upon his ...
... beauties and faults , and nearly in the same propor- tion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the writer's knowledge flows in upon his ...
Page 351
... beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules . " Then secondly , consider whether Aristotle has made a just ...
... beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules . " Then secondly , consider whether Aristotle has made a just ...
Page 365
... beauties , and hath done justice to the ashes of that second Milton , whose writings will last as long as the English language , generosity , and valour . For him Mr. Smith had contracted a perfect friendship ; a passion he was most ...
... beauties , and hath done justice to the ashes of that second Milton , whose writings will last as long as the English language , generosity , and valour . For him Mr. Smith had contracted a perfect friendship ; a passion he was most ...
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