Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 42
... character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation . " The first I shall name is Mr. Johnson , a gentle- man that owes to Nature excellent faculties and an elevated genius ...
... character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation . " The first I shall name is Mr. Johnson , a gentle- man that owes to Nature excellent faculties and an elevated genius ...
Page 294
... Character drawn from the Life ; an assertion which Pope probably did not expect or wish to have been believed , and which he soon gave his readers sufficient reason to distrust , by telling them in a note , that the work was im- perfect ...
... Character drawn from the Life ; an assertion which Pope probably did not expect or wish to have been believed , and which he soon gave his readers sufficient reason to distrust , by telling them in a note , that the work was im- perfect ...
Page 438
... character completely detestable , and succeeded at last in bringing his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave . ' The humanity of the world , little satisfied with inventing perhaps a melancholy disposition for the father , proceeds next ...
... character completely detestable , and succeeded at last in bringing his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave . ' The humanity of the world , little satisfied with inventing perhaps a melancholy disposition for the father , proceeds next ...
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