The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 69
... criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in con junction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a ...
... criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in con junction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a ...
Page 75
... critic remark , " of a lower order . " He had not in any great degree the mens divinior , the dignity of genius . Much however must be allowed to the author of a new . * Spence . + Ibid . Ibid . species of composition , though it be not ...
... critic remark , " of a lower order . " He had not in any great degree the mens divinior , the dignity of genius . Much however must be allowed to the author of a new . * Spence . + Ibid . Ibid . species of composition , though it be not ...
Page 85
... critic of a later generation , who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought suffi- cient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from nature or illumination ...
... critic of a later generation , who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought suffi- cient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from nature or illumination ...
Page 118
... formance . He had indeed in Mr. Hill another critic of a very different class , from whose friendship he re- ceived great assistance on many occasions , and whom he never mentioned but with the utmost ten- derness 118 SAVAGE .
... formance . He had indeed in Mr. Hill another critic of a very different class , from whose friendship he re- ceived great assistance on many occasions , and whom he never mentioned but with the utmost ten- derness 118 SAVAGE .
Page 141
... criticism is universal , and therefore it is reasonable to believe it at least in a great degree just ; but Mr ... criticisms which they have occasioned ; and therefore I shall not dwell upon the particular passages which deserve ap ...
... criticism is universal , and therefore it is reasonable to believe it at least in a great degree just ; but Mr ... criticisms which they have occasioned ; and therefore I shall not dwell upon the particular passages which deserve ap ...
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