Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 頁 |
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第 85 頁
... delight was in fim- plicity . That he has in his works no me taphor , as has been faid , is not true ; but his few metaphors feem to be received rather by neceffity than choice . ftudied purity ; and though perhaps all his ftructures ...
... delight was in fim- plicity . That he has in his works no me taphor , as has been faid , is not true ; but his few metaphors feem to be received rather by neceffity than choice . ftudied purity ; and though perhaps all his ftructures ...
第 90 頁
... hypocrify ; instead of wishing to feem better , he delighted in feeming worse than he was . He went in London to early prayers , left he fhould be seen at church ; church ; he read prayers to his fervants every morning 90 SWIFT .
... hypocrify ; instead of wishing to feem better , he delighted in feeming worse than he was . He went in London to early prayers , left he fhould be seen at church ; church ; he read prayers to his fervants every morning 90 SWIFT .
第 99 頁
... delighted with low flattery . On all common occafions , he habi- tually affects a ftyle of arrogance , and dictates rather than perfuades . This au- thoritative and magifterial language he expected to be received as his peculiar mode of ...
... delighted with low flattery . On all common occafions , he habi- tually affects a ftyle of arrogance , and dictates rather than perfuades . This au- thoritative and magifterial language he expected to be received as his peculiar mode of ...
第 103 頁
... which was rejected , and Swift ftill retained the pleasure of com- plaining . The greatest difficulty that occurs , in analyfing his character , is to discover G 4 by by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving SWIFT . 103.
... which was rejected , and Swift ftill retained the pleasure of com- plaining . The greatest difficulty that occurs , in analyfing his character , is to discover G 4 by by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving SWIFT . 103.
第 104 頁
Samuel Johnson. by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving ideas , from which almost every other mind fhrinks with disguft . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may folicite the imagi- nation ; but what has ...
Samuel Johnson. by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving ideas , from which almost every other mind fhrinks with disguft . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may folicite the imagi- nation ; but what has ...
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