Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 - Poets, English |
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... write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and dis- order tried to break into the Latin : a poem on the Shel- donian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musae ...
... write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and dis- order tried to break into the Latin : a poem on the Shel- donian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musae ...
Page 131
Samuel Johnson. writer of Paradise Lost could ever write without great effusions of fancy , and exalted precepts of wisdom . The basis of Paradise Regained is narrow ; a dialogue without action can never please like an union of the ...
Samuel Johnson. writer of Paradise Lost could ever write without great effusions of fancy , and exalted precepts of wisdom . The basis of Paradise Regained is narrow ; a dialogue without action can never please like an union of the ...
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... write of was in perfection ) will write their own panegyricks ; and it is very hard that they should go without reputation , only because they the more deserve it . The end of writing Lives is for the imitation of the readers . It will ...
... write of was in perfection ) will write their own panegyricks ; and it is very hard that they should go without reputation , only because they the more deserve it . The end of writing Lives is for the imitation of the readers . It will ...
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