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The modern British drama - Página 337
por British drama - 1811
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 páginas
...often in the right pl:u e. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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Bell's British Theatre, Volumen16

John Bell - 1797 - 458 páginas
...a-day, Like Heclors, in at ev'ry petty fray. Let those Jind fault whose wit's so very small They 'ave need to show that they can think at all. Errors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would starch for pearls must dive below: Fops may have leave to level all they can, Ai pigmies would be glad...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volumen2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 páginas
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volumen5

John Dryden - 1808 - 436 páginas
...scorns to quarrel once a-day ; Like Hectors, in at every petty fray. Let those find fault whose wit's so very small, They've need to show that they can...the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must'dive below. Fops may hare leave to level all they can ; As pigmies would be glad to lop a man....
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 páginas
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volumen1

1811 - 718 páginas
...The wife well-natured, and the mistress true. Now, poets, if your fame has been his care, Allow mm last, I gave this dagger with thee, as in trust,'...thy portion, if I e'er proved false. On such conditi »my have leave to level all they can, As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half wits are fleas ;...
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The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical ...

1819 - 308 páginas
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste

Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - 1823 - 438 páginas
...the dignity of true criticism, to catch at these minor faults ; for, as Dryden happily expresses it, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. It cannot, however, be inferred from these blemishes, that the passages in which they are found are...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 páginas
...often in the right place. This Mr. Drjden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volúmenes7-8

British essayists - 1823 - 820 páginas
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellences than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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