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The mode of versification has been blamed by Dry den, who regrets that the
heroick measure was not rather chosen. To the critical sentence of Dry den the
highest reverence would be due, were not his decisions often precipitate, and his
...
The mode of versification has been blamed by Dry den, who regrets that the
heroick measure was not rather chosen. To the critical sentence of Dry den the
highest reverence would be due, were not his decisions often precipitate, and his
...
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Otway had not much cultivated versification, nor much replenished his mind with
general knowledge. His principal power was in moving the passions, to which
Dryden* in his latter years left an illustrious testimony. He appears by some of his
...
Otway had not much cultivated versification, nor much replenished his mind with
general knowledge. His principal power was in moving the passions, to which
Dryden* in his latter years left an illustrious testimony. He appears by some of his
...
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... too splendid for jest, and the conclusion too light for seriousness. The
versification is studied, the scenes are diligently displayed, and the images
artfully amplified ; but, as it ends neither in joy or sorrow, it will scarcely be read a
second time.
... too splendid for jest, and the conclusion too light for seriousness. The
versification is studied, the scenes are diligently displayed, and the images
artfully amplified ; but, as it ends neither in joy or sorrow, it will scarcely be read a
second time.
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His parallel of the versification of Ovid with that of Claudian has been very justly
censured by Sewel*. His comparison of the first line of Virgil with the first of
Statius is not happier. Virgil, he says, is soft and gentle, and would have thought
Statius ...
His parallel of the versification of Ovid with that of Claudian has been very justly
censured by Sewel*. His comparison of the first line of Virgil with the first of
Statius is not happier. Virgil, he says, is soft and gentle, and would have thought
Statius ...
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According to the opinion of Harte, who had studied his works with great attention,
he settled his principles of versification in 1676, when he produced the play of
Aureng Zebe; and according to his own account of the short time in which he ...
According to the opinion of Harte, who had studied his works with great attention,
he settled his principles of versification in 1676, when he produced the play of
Aureng Zebe; and according to his own account of the short time in which he ...
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autores | Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy |
| Editor | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalizado | 29 Ene 2010 |
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