The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... criticism on the works Now in the possession of Mr. Clark , Alderman of London . Dr. J.-Mr. Clark was in 1798 elect- ed to the important office of Chamberlain of Lon- don ; and has every year since been unanimously re - elected . - N ...
... criticism on the works Now in the possession of Mr. Clark , Alderman of London . Dr. J.-Mr. Clark was in 1798 elect- ed to the important office of Chamberlain of Lon- don ; and has every year since been unanimously re - elected . - N ...
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... criticism has rightly denominated poetry réxm untixò , an imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither copied na ...
... criticism has rightly denominated poetry réxm untixò , an imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither copied na ...
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... criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many read- ers to join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in his raptures at the value of a kingdom . I will , however , ven- ture to ...
... criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many read- ers to join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in his raptures at the value of a kingdom . I will , however , ven- ture to ...
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... critic , min- gle their influence even in this airy frolic of ge nius . To such a performance , Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge : Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the . gaiety . The ...
... critic , min- gle their influence even in this airy frolic of ge nius . To such a performance , Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge : Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the . gaiety . The ...
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Samuel Johnson. begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily ex- pressed . Cowley's critical abilities have not been sufficiently observed : the few decisions and re- marks , which his ...
Samuel Johnson. begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily ex- pressed . Cowley's critical abilities have not been sufficiently observed : the few decisions and re- marks , which his ...
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