The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, כרך 21781 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 66
עמוד 5
... to complain . In the Life of Plutarch he mentions his education in the College with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Ox- ford , he has these lines ; B 3 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his DRYDE N. 5.
... to complain . In the Life of Plutarch he mentions his education in the College with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Ox- ford , he has these lines ; B 3 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his DRYDE N. 5.
עמוד 6
... forgotten when his reputation raised him enemies . ? The fame year he praised the new king in a fecond poem on his reftoration . In the ASTREA was the line , An An horrid ftillness firft invades the ear , And in 6 DRYDEN . DRYDEN,
... forgotten when his reputation raised him enemies . ? The fame year he praised the new king in a fecond poem on his reftoration . In the ASTREA was the line , An An horrid ftillness firft invades the ear , And in 6 DRYDEN . DRYDEN,
עמוד 12
... lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jestick that the English language affords . Of this stanza he mentions the encum- brances , encreased as they were by the ex ...
... lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jestick that the English language affords . Of this stanza he mentions the encum- brances , encreased as they were by the ex ...
עמוד 19
Samuel Johnson. * thick fown . Sure the poet writ these two lines aboard fome fmack in a ftorm , and , ઃઃ being fea - fick , fpewed up a good lump " of clotted nonfenfe at once . " Here is perhaps a fufficient fpecimen ; but as the ...
Samuel Johnson. * thick fown . Sure the poet writ these two lines aboard fome fmack in a ftorm , and , ઃઃ being fea - fick , fpewed up a good lump " of clotted nonfenfe at once . " Here is perhaps a fufficient fpecimen ; but as the ...
עמוד 24
... lines a mefs of rhiming nonfenfe yield , " A fenfelefs tale , with flattering fuftian fill'd . " No grain of sense does in one line appear , " Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombast << bear . " With noife they move , and from players ...
... lines a mefs of rhiming nonfenfe yield , " A fenfelefs tale , with flattering fuftian fill'd . " No grain of sense does in one line appear , " Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombast << bear . " With noife they move , and from players ...
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