 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 Seiten
...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 deferted him. Of the reft, thofe who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 Seiten
...not to prefix them to this Collection of his Prose Works, would be great injustice to our author. " Dryden may be properly considered as the father of...life and nature by a genius that rarely misled, and rarely deserted him. Of the rest, those who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 Seiten
...not to prefix them to this Collection of his Prose Works, would be great injustice to our author. " Dryden may be properly considered as the father of...life and nature by a genius that rarely misled, and rarely deserted him. Of the rest, those who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them.... | |
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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... 
