Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 39
... well sung : it is not easy to paint in song , or to sing in colours . No passage in the " Campaign " has been more often mentioned than the simile of the angel , which is ADDISON . 39 To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea; ...
... well sung : it is not easy to paint in song , or to sing in colours . No passage in the " Campaign " has been more often mentioned than the simile of the angel , which is ADDISON . 39 To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea; ...
Page 40
Samuel Johnson. mentioned than the simile of the angel , which is said in the Tatler to be " one of the noblest ... mention of another like consequence from a like cause , or of a like performance by a like agency , is not a simile , but ...
Samuel Johnson. mentioned than the simile of the angel , which is said in the Tatler to be " one of the noblest ... mention of another like consequence from a like cause , or of a like performance by a like agency , is not a simile , but ...
Page 41
... mentioned , is one of the first of Addison's compositions . The subject is well chosen , the fiction is pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must ...
... mentioned , is one of the first of Addison's compositions . The subject is well chosen , the fiction is pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must ...
Page 55
... mention is necessary ; they have little that can employ or require a critic . The parallel of the princes and gods in his verses to Kneller is often happy , but is too well known to be quoted . His translations , so far as I compared ...
... mention is necessary ; they have little that can employ or require a critic . The parallel of the princes and gods in his verses to Kneller is often happy , but is too well known to be quoted . His translations , so far as I compared ...
Page 69
... mention too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or the heat of transient ...
... mention too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or the heat of transient ...
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