The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 50
... poetical excellence ; he had made himself acquainted with seemly arts and affairs ; " his comprehension was extended by various knowledge , and his memory stored with intellectual treasures . He was skilful in many languages , and had ...
... poetical excellence ; he had made himself acquainted with seemly arts and affairs ; " his comprehension was extended by various knowledge , and his memory stored with intellectual treasures . He was skilful in many languages , and had ...
Pagina 59
... poetical labour must have been often interrupted ; and , per- haps , he did little more in that busy time than con- struct the narrative , adjust the episodes , proportion the parts , accumulate images and sentiments , and treasure in ...
... poetical labour must have been often interrupted ; and , per- haps , he did little more in that busy time than con- struct the narrative , adjust the episodes , proportion the parts , accumulate images and sentiments , and treasure in ...
Pagina 61
... poetical force , " redeunt in carmina vires . " To this it is answered , that Philips could hardly mistake time so well marked ; and it may be added , that Milton might find different times of the year favourable to different parts of ...
... poetical force , " redeunt in carmina vires . " To this it is answered , that Philips could hardly mistake time so well marked ; and it may be added , that Milton might find different times of the year favourable to different parts of ...
Pagina 64
... poetical faculty would rush upon him with an impetus or œstrum , and his daughter was immediately called to secure what came . At other times he would dictate , perhaps , forty lines in a breath , and then reduce them to half the number ...
... poetical faculty would rush upon him with an impetus or œstrum , and his daughter was immediately called to secure what came . At other times he would dictate , perhaps , forty lines in a breath , and then reduce them to half the number ...
Pagina 72
... poetical offspring was his favourite . He could not , as Elwood relates , endure to hear Para- dise Lost preferred to Paradise Regained . Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works . On that which has cost him much ...
... poetical offspring was his favourite . He could not , as Elwood relates , endure to hear Para- dise Lost preferred to Paradise Regained . Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works . On that which has cost him much ...
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