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Pàgina xv
... observation . ' ' The noblest beauties of art are those of which the effect is co - extended with rational nature or at least with the whole circle of polished life ; what is less than this can only be pretty , the plaything of fashion ...
... observation . ' ' The noblest beauties of art are those of which the effect is co - extended with rational nature or at least with the whole circle of polished life ; what is less than this can only be pretty , the plaything of fashion ...
Pàgina xviii
... observed , ' is no more the blank verse of Milton or of any other poet , than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley . His numbers , his pauses , his diction are of his own growth , without transcription , without imitation ...
... observed , ' is no more the blank verse of Milton or of any other poet , than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley . His numbers , his pauses , his diction are of his own growth , without transcription , without imitation ...
Pàgina xx
... observed that , so far as we have yet traced it , Johnson's system of criticism remains incom- plete and one - sided . It has been seen that poetry , by means of making new things familiar and familiar things new , is to afford pleasure ...
... observed that , so far as we have yet traced it , Johnson's system of criticism remains incom- plete and one - sided . It has been seen that poetry , by means of making new things familiar and familiar things new , is to afford pleasure ...
Pàgina xxii
... observations on Dryden's conversion to Popery ! What keen insight , what humane understanding , animate his comments on Addison's occasional propensity to the bottle ! With what consummate tact does he contrive to palliate , without ...
... observations on Dryden's conversion to Popery ! What keen insight , what humane understanding , animate his comments on Addison's occasional propensity to the bottle ! With what consummate tact does he contrive to palliate , without ...
Pàgina xxv
... observed that they who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it . What we know of Milton's character , in domestic relations , is , that he was severe and arbitrary . His family consisted of women ; and there ...
... observed that they who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it . What we know of Milton's character , in domestic relations , is , that he was severe and arbitrary . His family consisted of women ; and there ...
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