Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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Page 137
... poets : the disposition of his words is , I think , frequently Italian ; perhaps sometimes combined with other tongues . Of him , at last , may be said what Jonson says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler ...
... poets : the disposition of his words is , I think , frequently Italian ; perhaps sometimes combined with other tongues . Of him , at last , may be said what Jonson says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler ...
Page 168
... poets might as well have introduced a series of iambicks among the heroicks . His next work is the translation of the Art of Poetry ; which has received , in my opinion , not less praise than it deserves . Blank verse , left merely to ...
... poets might as well have introduced a series of iambicks among the heroicks . His next work is the translation of the Art of Poetry ; which has received , in my opinion , not less praise than it deserves . Blank verse , left merely to ...
Page 214
... poet against affecting it ; Shakespeare in the Midsummer Night's Dream is sup- posed to ridicule it ; and in another play the sonnet of Holofernes fully displays it . He borrows too many of his sentiments and illustra- tions from the ...
... poet against affecting it ; Shakespeare in the Midsummer Night's Dream is sup- posed to ridicule it ; and in another play the sonnet of Holofernes fully displays it . He borrows too many of his sentiments and illustra- tions from the ...
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