Lives of Dryden and PopeClarendon Press, 1885 - 326 Seiten |
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... genius . It is perhaps more than doubtful whether Walpole ever expressly declared his belief that every man had his price , but it is tolerably certain that he found a price for many men . Yet he never found the sum at which he could ...
... genius . It is perhaps more than doubtful whether Walpole ever expressly declared his belief that every man had his price , but it is tolerably certain that he found a price for many men . Yet he never found the sum at which he could ...
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... genius to have laboured science into poetry , and have shown , by explaining longitude , that verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy ' ( p . 81 ) . Now the principles of poetical criticism are here mistaken ; difficulty of subject ...
... genius to have laboured science into poetry , and have shown , by explaining longitude , that verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy ' ( p . 81 ) . Now the principles of poetical criticism are here mistaken ; difficulty of subject ...
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... genius of the Latin language permeated Johnson's style , contributing to it some of its beauties , many of its faults , and all its peculiarity . During Johnson's long life learning in England began to revive somewhat , a result to ...
... genius of the Latin language permeated Johnson's style , contributing to it some of its beauties , many of its faults , and all its peculiarity . During Johnson's long life learning in England began to revive somewhat , a result to ...
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... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . John Dryden was born , August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle , near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden ...
... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . John Dryden was born , August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle , near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden ...
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... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept pos- session for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals who sometimes prevailed , or the censure of ...
... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept pos- session for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals who sometimes prevailed , or the censure of ...
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