Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... pleasure . But there is in the whole little either of the grace of wit or the vigour of nature . " In this criticism we feel that justice has been tempered with mercy , for some of the compositions may give pleasure , and so the " dunce ...
... pleasure . But there is in the whole little either of the grace of wit or the vigour of nature . " In this criticism we feel that justice has been tempered with mercy , for some of the compositions may give pleasure , and so the " dunce ...
Page 96
... pleasure had he not known its author . Of the two pieces L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , I believe opinion is uniform ; every man that reads them reads them with pleasure . The author's design is not , what Theobald has 1608-1674 " L ...
... pleasure had he not known its author . Of the two pieces L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , I believe opinion is uniform ; every man that reads them reads them with pleasure . The author's design is not , what Theobald has 1608-1674 " L ...
Page 121
... pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and when expectation is disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of the present ...
... pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and when expectation is disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of the present ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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