 There was, therefore, before the time of Dryden no poetical diction, no system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestic use, and free from the harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 395von Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1916 - 466 Seiten
...particular arts. Words too familiar or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we...poetry from prose had been rarely attempted; we had few elegancies or flowers of speech; the roses had not yet been plucked from the bramble, or different... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1924 - 352 Seiten
...particular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we...distinguish poetry from prose had been rarely attempted." And again Johnson says: "The new versification, as it is called, may be considered as owing its establishment... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1872 - 590 Seiten
...precious theory : " Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we...draw that attention on themselves which they should convey to things." It was this last error that Wordsworth professed to avoid ; and he certainly did... | |
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