The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
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... writers , without taking into view the prices which original spe- cimens of the poetry of our ancestors now uni- formly obtain , may be considered tests of the public taste in this respect . Though the author's 66 plan is different ...
... writers , without taking into view the prices which original spe- cimens of the poetry of our ancestors now uni- formly obtain , may be considered tests of the public taste in this respect . Though the author's 66 plan is different ...
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... writers have gone before him in extracts from or criticisms upon any of our old poets , the author has either shunned the track , or has freely admitted his obligation to his precursors . He knew that the chief recom- mendation of his ...
... writers have gone before him in extracts from or criticisms upon any of our old poets , the author has either shunned the track , or has freely admitted his obligation to his precursors . He knew that the chief recom- mendation of his ...
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... writers . The seventh con- tains a collection of curious poems , independently of such as the author had introduced in his progress in furtherance of the main designs . The eighth criticises an original novel , on which Shakespeare ...
... writers . The seventh con- tains a collection of curious poems , independently of such as the author had introduced in his progress in furtherance of the main designs . The eighth criticises an original novel , on which Shakespeare ...
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... writers of our country . Of course , regarding such men as Spenser , Shakespeare , and Jonson , every body knows a little , and any body may know a great deal ; but Bourne thought that there must be something about their friends ...
... writers of our country . Of course , regarding such men as Spenser , Shakespeare , and Jonson , every body knows a little , and any body may know a great deal ; but Bourne thought that there must be something about their friends ...
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... writers of the period to which we have referred : of course all gentlemen now - a - days would justly con- sider it a scandal not to have Shakespeare at their fingers ' ends , but Elliot , though a man of the world , had read Spenser ...
... writers of the period to which we have referred : of course all gentlemen now - a - days would justly con- sider it a scandal not to have Shakespeare at their fingers ' ends , but Elliot , though a man of the world , had read Spenser ...
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Page 270 - Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises ; and oft it hits, Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits.
Page 22 - Shakespeare that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence ; yet his real power is not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen.
Page xix - ... genius through the shades of age, as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity. The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns and the beauties of the ancients.
Page 244 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 68 - ENTITLED To the noble and vertuous Gentleman, most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie, MA1STER PHILIP SIDNEY.
Page xliii - Of a Jew, who would for his Debt have a Pound of the Flesh of a Christian.
Page xliv - Wonder not (for with thee will I first begin), thou famous gracer of tragedians, that Greene, who hath said with thee like the fool in his heart, "There is no God...
Page 160 - twixt each drop, he nigardly, As loth to enrich mee, so tells many a lie. More than ten Hollensheads, or Halls, or Stowes, Of triviall houshold trash he knowes ; He knowes When the Queene frown'd, or smil'd, and he knowes what A subtle States-man may gather of that...
Page 251 - I can willinglyer conceive then dare to prescribe; yet let me have the substance rough, not the shadow. I cannot, nay, I will not delude your sight with mists; yet I dare defend my plainenesse against the verjuice-face of the crabbedst Satyrist that ever stuttered.
Page 90 - tis true ; but now, if any Should for that cause despise it, we have many Reasons, both just and pregnant, to maintain Antiquity, and those, too, not all vain. We know (and not long since) there was a time, Strong lines were not look'd after ; but if rhyme, Oh ! then 'twas excellent...