The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 122
... the great Author of " Hudibras " there is a life prefixed to the later editions of his poem , by an unknown writer , and therefore of disputable what has been produced without toilsome efforts is considered with BUTLER . 159.
... the great Author of " Hudibras " there is a life prefixed to the later editions of his poem , by an unknown writer , and therefore of disputable what has been produced without toilsome efforts is considered with BUTLER . 159.
Page 126
... bad securities . In 1663 was published the first part , containing three cantos , of the poem of " Hudibras , ” which , as Prior relates , was made known at court by the So is his life described : but this even tenor 162 BUTLER .
... bad securities . In 1663 was published the first part , containing three cantos , of the poem of " Hudibras , ” which , as Prior relates , was made known at court by the So is his life described : but this even tenor 162 BUTLER .
Page 130
... Hudibras " is one of those compo . sitions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the images which it exhibits are domestic , the senti- ments unborrowed and unexpected , and the strain of diction original and peculiar . We must not ...
... Hudibras " is one of those compo . sitions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the images which it exhibits are domestic , the senti- ments unborrowed and unexpected , and the strain of diction original and peculiar . We must not ...
Page 131
... Hudibras , his poet had no tender- ness ; he chooses not that any pity should be shewn or respect paid him ; he gives him up at once to laughter and contempt , without any quality that can dignify or protect him . In forming the ...
... Hudibras , his poet had no tender- ness ; he chooses not that any pity should be shewn or respect paid him ; he gives him up at once to laughter and contempt , without any quality that can dignify or protect him . In forming the ...
Page 132
... Hudibras , " as in the history of Thucydides , there is more said than done . The scenes are too seldom changed , and the attention is tired with long conversation . It is , indeed , much more easy to form dialogues mended by a man well ...
... Hudibras , " as in the history of Thucydides , there is more said than done . The scenes are too seldom changed , and the attention is tired with long conversation . It is , indeed , much more easy to form dialogues mended by a man well ...
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