Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 44
... chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly conceived and strongly painted . 44 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly conceived and strongly painted . 44 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Page 130
... beauties must be considered not as nice but as dull , as less to be censured for want of candour , than pitied for want of sensibility . Of Paradise Regained , the general judgement seems now to be right , that it is in many parts ...
... beauties must be considered not as nice but as dull , as less to be censured for want of candour , than pitied for want of sensibility . Of Paradise Regained , the general judgement seems now to be right , that it is in many parts ...
Page 338
... 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 ...
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