The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, 7. köideMitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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Page 89
... fame ; and inquiries have been made , and conjec- tures offered , about the causes of its long obscurity and late reception . But , has the case been truly stated ? Have not lamentation and wonder been la- vished on an evil that never ...
... fame ; and inquiries have been made , and conjec- tures offered , about the causes of its long obscurity and late reception . But , has the case been truly stated ? Have not lamentation and wonder been la- vished on an evil that never ...
Page 100
... fame depended almost entirely upon those minor poems , which are now comparatively unknown . Dr. John- son was no bibliographer ; and we must not rely too implicitly upon his enumeration of editions and copies . It may be true , that ...
... fame depended almost entirely upon those minor poems , which are now comparatively unknown . Dr. John- son was no bibliographer ; and we must not rely too implicitly upon his enumeration of editions and copies . It may be true , that ...
Page 102
... fame of this great ornament of their native country . ' * All which is very eloquent , no doubt ; but surely Mr. Godwin might have got better proofs of his darling notion about the original celebrity of Paradise Lost . Did it require ...
... fame of this great ornament of their native country . ' * All which is very eloquent , no doubt ; but surely Mr. Godwin might have got better proofs of his darling notion about the original celebrity of Paradise Lost . Did it require ...
Page 108
... fame . It is not thus that an obscure and inglorious poet will ever be spoken of . ' † We suppose , Du Burtas is a renowned and glorious poet ; and was , on that account , named before Milton in the same sentence of damnatory praise ...
... fame . It is not thus that an obscure and inglorious poet will ever be spoken of . ' † We suppose , Du Burtas is a renowned and glorious poet ; and was , on that account , named before Milton in the same sentence of damnatory praise ...
Page 110
... fame of the author , that Gildon can only speak of him under the epithet of Mr. Some of the other tes- timonies offend our ear in the same way ; and , in- deed , in reading the praises of them all , a modern can hardly help imagining ...
... fame of the author , that Gildon can only speak of him under the epithet of Mr. Some of the other tes- timonies offend our ear in the same way ; and , in- deed , in reading the praises of them all , a modern can hardly help imagining ...
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