The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. on the stage with great severity , and was after- ward censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how ...
Samuel Johnson. on the stage with great severity , and was after- ward censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how ...
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... censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exube- rance of wit , and with copiousness of learning : and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the ...
... censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exube- rance of wit , and with copiousness of learning : and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the ...
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... censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be erroneous , yet many parts deserve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new ...
... censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be erroneous , yet many parts deserve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new ...
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... censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the ...
... censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the ...
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... censured as neg- ligent . He seems not to have known , or not to have considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influ- ence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the ...
... censured as neg- ligent . He seems not to have known , or not to have considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influ- ence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the ...
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