He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described with the addition of such embellishments as... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pàgina 1671828Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 pàgines
...of composition denominated LOCAL POETRY, the fundamental subject of which (as in the poem before us) is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation.' Pope, in his ' Windsor Forest,' which is constructed on the model of ' Cooper's Hill,' has celebrated... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pàgines
...at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise, and its praise is yet more... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pàgines
...the author of a species of composition that may be denominated LOCAL POETRY, of which the fundamendal subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation; and that he is one of the writers that improved our taste, and advanced our language; whom therefore... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pàgines
...the author of a species of composition that may be denominated LOCAL POETRY, of which the fundamendal subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically...such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retroipection, or incidental meditation; and that he is one of the writers that improved our taste,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pàgines
...fundamental ink ject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition o! such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise, ami in praise is yet more... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pàgines
...at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated Local fioetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry has in itself a very .high claim to praise, and its praise is yet more... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 544 pàgines
...at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local, poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition <jf such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 542 pàgines
...at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape,...described, with the addition of such embellishments as may.be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pàgines
...at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise, and its praise is yet more... | |
| 1828 - 964 pàgines
...composition which may be denominated, Local Poetry :" and he describes Local Poetry as being that, •• of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape,...Bidcombe Hill pursues his Essay upon Local Poetry. After say ing that he restricts himself only to poems which have " hills exclusively for their title, and... | |
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