Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page ix
... faults we love him still . The faults are obvious in the Lives of the Poets . There are many inaccuracies . The writer did not always verify his quotations , relying too confidently on his memory ( which was defective ) , or perhaps ...
... faults we love him still . The faults are obvious in the Lives of the Poets . There are many inaccuracies . The writer did not always verify his quotations , relying too confidently on his memory ( which was defective ) , or perhaps ...
Page 106
... faults of Paradise Lost - for faults and defects every work of man must have - it is the business of impartial criticism to discover . As , in displaying the excellence of Milton , I have not made long quotations , because of selecting ...
... faults of Paradise Lost - for faults and defects every work of man must have - it is the business of impartial criticism to discover . As , in displaying the excellence of Milton , I have not made long quotations , because of selecting ...
Page 259
... faults of affectation ; his faults of negligence are beyond recital . Such is the unevenness of his compositions , that ten lines are seldom found together without something of which the reader is ashamed . Dryden was no rigid judge of ...
... faults of affectation ; his faults of negligence are beyond recital . Such is the unevenness of his compositions , that ten lines are seldom found together without something of which the reader is ashamed . Dryden was no rigid judge of ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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