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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 ...
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... 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 ...
Pàgina 9
... poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains that they surpass him in poetry . If wit be well described by Pope , as being " that which has been ...
... poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains that they surpass him in poetry . If wit be well described by Pope , as being " that which has been ...
Pàgina 10
... poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from ... poetry . Thus , Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix truth did on it ...
... poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from ... poetry . Thus , Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix truth did on it ...
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