“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... shew little wit and little virtue . Yet to him it must be confessed that we are indebted for the correction of a national error , and for the cure of our Pindaric madness . He first taught the English writers that Pindar's odes were ...
... shew little wit and little virtue . Yet to him it must be confessed that we are indebted for the correction of a national error , and for the cure of our Pindaric madness . He first taught the English writers that Pindar's odes were ...
Page 37
... , sluggish , and lifeless ; his diction is neither daring nor exact , his flow neither rapid nor easy , and his periods neither smooth nor strong . His account of Wit will shew with how little clearness he is content to BLACKMORE . 37.
... , sluggish , and lifeless ; his diction is neither daring nor exact , his flow neither rapid nor easy , and his periods neither smooth nor strong . His account of Wit will shew with how little clearness he is content to BLACKMORE . 37.
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In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. will shew with how little clearness he is content to think , and how little his thoughts are recommended by his language . " As to its efficient cause , wit owes its production to an extraordinary and ...
In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. will shew with how little clearness he is content to think , and how little his thoughts are recommended by his language . " As to its efficient cause , wit owes its production to an extraordinary and ...
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... shew particular respect and friendship to this insolent derider of the worship of his country , till at last the reputed writer is not only gone off with impunity , but triumphs in his dignity and preferment . I do not know that any ...
... shew particular respect and friendship to this insolent derider of the worship of his country , till at last the reputed writer is not only gone off with impunity , but triumphs in his dignity and preferment . I do not know that any ...
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... ethereal plain , Then on the thirsty earth descend in rain ; How some , whose parts a slight contexture shew , Sink , hovering through the air , in fleecy snow ; How part is spun in silken threads , and clings 44 BLACKMORE .
... ethereal plain , Then on the thirsty earth descend in rain ; How some , whose parts a slight contexture shew , Sink , hovering through the air , in fleecy snow ; How part is spun in silken threads , and clings 44 BLACKMORE .
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