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Page xiii
In these passages, better perhaps than anywhere else in the Lives, we can
appreciate the standards of eighteenth- century poetry, and fathom their
limitations. Poetry and criticism, to begin with, were to 'tend to the promotion of
piety' : here, ...
In these passages, better perhaps than anywhere else in the Lives, we can
appreciate the standards of eighteenth- century poetry, and fathom their
limitations. Poetry and criticism, to begin with, were to 'tend to the promotion of
piety' : here, ...
Page 59
Denham saw the better way, but has not pursued it with great success. His
versions of Virgil are not pleasing; but they taught Dryden to please better. His
poetical imitation of Tully on 'Old Age' has neither the clearness of prose, nor the
...
Denham saw the better way, but has not pursued it with great success. His
versions of Virgil are not pleasing; but they taught Dryden to please better. His
poetical imitation of Tully on 'Old Age' has neither the clearness of prose, nor the
...
Page 321
With not much better success, Trapp, when his Tragedy and his Prelections had
given him reputation, attempted another blank version of the Eneid ; to which,
notwithstanding the slight regard with which it was treated, he had afterwards ...
With not much better success, Trapp, when his Tragedy and his Prelections had
given him reputation, attempted another blank version of the Eneid ; to which,
notwithstanding the slight regard with which it was treated, he had afterwards ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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