The Poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient, and claim the privilege of established fame and prescriptive veneration. He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test... The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Página 130por Samuel Johnson - 1809Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 páginas
...EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS, 1765-1768 The poet, of whose works T have undertaken the revision, wcomer B system t Johnson's wife died March 17. 17">2. and the anniversary of her death he spent "In prayer... | |
| Augustine Birrell - 1910 - 344 páginas
...unrivalled stateliness, writes as follows : — ' The poet of whose ' works I have undertaken the revision may now begin 'to assume the dignity of an ancient,...the ' privilege of established fame and prescriptive venera' tion. He has long outlived his century, the term ' commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.'... | |
| 1911 - 1224 páginas
...neglected, Dr. Johnson says in his finest manner: "The poet of whose work I have undertaken the revision may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient...term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit." I have often thought that if the period of time fixed by Dr. Johnson as the test of literary merit... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 páginas
...Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare.] . . . THE poet of whose works I have undertaken the revision may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient, and claim the privilege of an established fame and prescriptive veneration. He has long outlived his century, the term commonly... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 páginas
...Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare.] . . . THE poet of whose works I have undertaken the revision may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient, and claim the privilege of an established fame and prescriptive veneration . He has long outlived his century, the term commonly... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 páginas
...Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare.} . . . THE poet of whose works I have undertaken the revision may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient, and claim the privilege of an established fame and prescriptive veneration. He has long outlived his century, the term commonly... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - 1915 - 328 páginas
...neglected, Doctor Johnson says in his finest manner: "The poet of whose work I have undertaken the revision may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient...term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit." I have often thought that if the period of time fixed by Doctor Johnson as the test of literary merit... | |
| Oscar George Sonneck - 1917 - 746 páginas
...of the 'reverence' as due to the classics. In the same place (p. vii) he says of Shakespeare that he "may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient,...of established fame and prescriptive veneration." To confer on a man the rank of the classic is thus more than a purely critical act, for 'reverence'... | |
| Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 662 páginas
...Shakespeare. Cf. 0. 3. 30. 1-2. (5. 104-105) The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient,...term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. The editor of the Oxford edition of the Works notes the implicit allusion here to E. 2. 1. 89. (5.... | |
| Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 678 páginas
...Writings. Preface to Shakespeare. (5. 104-105) The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient,...term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. The editor of the Oxford edition of the Works notes the implicit allusion here to E. 2. 1. 39. (5.... | |
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