The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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... praise of Sam Tuke , How Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . " Not His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others for ...
... praise of Sam Tuke , How Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . " Not His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others for ...
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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His " Elegy on Sir Henry Wotton " is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His " Elegy on Sir Henry Wotton " is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
Pàgina 20
... praise or censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are ... praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded with ...
... praise or censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are ... praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded with ...
Pàgina 27
... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turned aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michal are very justly ...
... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turned aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michal are very justly ...
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... praise , he has given one example of representative versification , which perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise : He , who defers this work from day to day , Does on a river's bank expecting ...
... praise , he has given one example of representative versification , which perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise : He , who defers this work from day to day , Does on a river's bank expecting ...
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