| René Rapin - 1706 - 550 pages
...of, than with any true Models of Epick Poefie. . , • . After all, he is faid tp have a partlculaf Talent for the Manners; his Thoughts are great, and...Criticks. " .--] . . ;• :'.., ". A more happy Genius for tferoick Pte/ie, appears in Ccnvky. He underftood the Purity f the ferfficuity, the Majtjif of Stile,... | |
| Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...jumbled in confufion, and darknefs fpread over all ; but it muft be acknowledged, that Davenant had a particular talent for the manners ; his thoughts...are great, and there appears fomething roughly noble thro' the whole." This is the fubftance of Rymer's obfervations on Gondibert. Rymer was certainly a... | |
| Joel Elias Spingarn - Criticism - 1908 - 376 pages
...of Pybrach, which he speaks of, than with any true Models of Epick Poesie. } "After all, he is said to have a particular Talent for the Manners: his thoughts are great, and there appears something roughly Noble throughout this fragment, which, had 35 he been pleased to finish it, would... | |
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