 DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism, as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition. Of our former poets, the greatest dramatist wrote without rules, conducted through life and...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Side 375av Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 sider
...through life and nature by a genius that rarely miflcd, and rarely deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them. Two Arts of Englljh Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham, from which fortieth ing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 sider
...to determine upon principles the merit of compofition. Of our former poets, the greateft dramatifl wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a genius that rarely mifled, and rarely deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 sider
...to determine upon principles the merit of compofition. Of our former poets, the greateft dramatift wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a genius that rarely mifled, and rarely deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had negledted to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 sider
...to determine upon principles the merit of compofition. Of our former poetsr the greateft dramatift wrote without rules, conducted through life and' nature by a genius that rarely mifled, and rarely deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglectcd to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 484 sider
...through life and nature by a genius that rarely mifled, and rarely deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them. Two Arts ofEnglifo Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham, from which fomething... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 sider
...through life and nature by a genius that rarely mifled, and rarely deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them. Two Arts of Lnglifi Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham, from which ibmething might... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 sider
...to determine upon principles the merit of compofition. Of our former poets, the greateft dramatift wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a genius that rarely mifled, and rarely deJerted him. Or" the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had negle&ed to... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 sider
...DR YDRYDEN may be properly confidered as the father of Englifh criticifm, as the writer •who firft taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition. Of our former poets, the greateft dramatift wrote without rules, condufted through life and nature by a genius that rarely mifled,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 sider
...to determine upon principles the merit of compofition. Of our former poets, the greateft dramatift wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a genius that rarely miffed, and rarely dcferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 sider
...to determine upon principles the merit of compofition. Of our former poets, the greateft dramatift wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a .genius that rarely mined, and rarely deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to... | |
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