The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... pieces , neither elevation of fancy , selec- tion of language , nor skill in versification : yet , if I were required to select , from the whole mass of English poetry , the most poetical paragraph , I know not what I could pre- fer to ...
... pieces , neither elevation of fancy , selec- tion of language , nor skill in versification : yet , if I were required to select , from the whole mass of English poetry , the most poetical paragraph , I know not what I could pre- fer to ...
Pàgina 10
... pieces broke . See Pales weeping too , in wild despair , And to the piercing winds her bosom bare . And see yon fading myrtle , where appears The queen of love , all bath'd in flowing tears ; See how she wrings her hands , and beats her ...
... pieces broke . See Pales weeping too , in wild despair , And to the piercing winds her bosom bare . And see yon fading myrtle , where appears The queen of love , all bath'd in flowing tears ; See how she wrings her hands , and beats her ...
Pàgina 45
... pieces to which Gulliver gave occasion ; for who can much delight in the echo of an unnatural fiction ? Dione is a counterpart to Amynta , and Pastor Fido , and other trifles of the same kind , easily imitated , and unwor- thy of ...
... pieces to which Gulliver gave occasion ; for who can much delight in the echo of an unnatural fiction ? Dione is a counterpart to Amynta , and Pastor Fido , and other trifles of the same kind , easily imitated , and unwor- thy of ...
Pàgina 47
... pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be ex- pected to produce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find himself imitated in six lines , which , though they begin ...
... pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be ex- pected to produce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find himself imitated in six lines , which , though they begin ...
Pàgina 50
... pieces , The She Gallants , ( acted 1696 ) , which he revised , and called Once a Lover , and always a Lover ; The Jew of Venice , altered from Shakspeare's Mer- chant of Venice , ( 1698 ) ; Heroic Love , a tragedy , ( 1701 ) ; The ...
... pieces , The She Gallants , ( acted 1696 ) , which he revised , and called Once a Lover , and always a Lover ; The Jew of Venice , altered from Shakspeare's Mer- chant of Venice , ( 1698 ) ; Heroic Love , a tragedy , ( 1701 ) ; The ...
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