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Pàgina xvii
... Poet , 452 . AMBROSE PHILIPS , 1675-1749 • 452 Educated at St. John's , Cambridge , 452 - His Distressed Mother , 453- His ... poetry and elegant literature , " 462 - Lyttelton his neighbour , 463 - The Leasowes , 463 - His Poems , 464 ...
... Poet , 452 . AMBROSE PHILIPS , 1675-1749 • 452 Educated at St. John's , Cambridge , 452 - His Distressed Mother , 453- His ... poetry and elegant literature , " 462 - Lyttelton his neighbour , 463 - The Leasowes , 463 - His Poems , 464 ...
Pàgina xviii
... Poetry , and The Bard ( 1759 ) , 497 - Refuses the Laurel , 497 - Dies July 30 , 1771 , 498- " His mind had a large grasp , his curiosity was unlimited , and his judgment cultivated , " 499 - His Poetry , 499 - The Country Churchyard ...
... Poetry , and The Bard ( 1759 ) , 497 - Refuses the Laurel , 497 - Dies July 30 , 1771 , 498- " His mind had a large grasp , his curiosity was unlimited , and his judgment cultivated , " 499 - His Poetry , 499 - The Country Churchyard ...
Pàgina 3
... poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough of ...
... poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough of ...
Pàgina 6
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles , but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry ; in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed unable to contest the palm with ...
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles , but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry ; in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed unable to contest the palm with ...
Pàgina 8
... poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the ...
... poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the ...
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