Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... thing , and gave him no en- couragement to retouch it . This has been too haftily confidered as an inftance of Addison's jealoufy ; for as he could not guefs the conduct of the new defign , or the poffibilities of pleasure comprised in ...
... thing , and gave him no en- couragement to retouch it . This has been too haftily confidered as an inftance of Addison's jealoufy ; for as he could not guefs the conduct of the new defign , or the poffibilities of pleasure comprised in ...
Page 41
... confidered the intertexture of the machinery with the action as his most successful exertion of poetical , art . He indeed could never afterwards pro- duce duce any thing of fuch unexampled ex- cellence . Thofe POPE . 41.
... confidered the intertexture of the machinery with the action as his most successful exertion of poetical , art . He indeed could never afterwards pro- duce duce any thing of fuch unexampled ex- cellence . Thofe POPE . 41.
Page 42
Samuel Johnson. duce any thing of fuch unexampled ex- cellence . Thofe performances , which ftrike with wonder , are combinations of fkilful genius with happy cafualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a ...
Samuel Johnson. duce any thing of fuch unexampled ex- cellence . Thofe performances , which ftrike with wonder , are combinations of fkilful genius with happy cafualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a ...
Page 81
... things know , and all things can refound ; Relate what armies fought the Trojan land , What nations follow'd , and what chiefs com- i mand : ( For doubtful Fame distracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) ...
... things know , and all things can refound ; Relate what armies fought the Trojan land , What nations follow'd , and what chiefs com- i mand : ( For doubtful Fame distracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) ...
Page 91
... thing in that paffage that does not " quite please me . - Be fo good as to " mark the place , and confider it a little " at your leifure . - I'm fure you can " give it a little turn . ' I returned from " Lord " Lord Halifax's with Dr ...
... thing in that paffage that does not " quite please me . - Be fo good as to " mark the place , and confider it a little " at your leifure . - I'm fure you can " give it a little turn . ' I returned from " Lord " Lord Halifax's with Dr ...
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