The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned , from his master Pindar , to call " the ...
... actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned , from his master Pindar , to call " the ...
Pàgina 16
... and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen , and so differently are they shewn ! But actions are visible , though motives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ; first to Barn - elms , 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen , and so differently are they shewn ! But actions are visible , though motives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ; first to Barn - elms , 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Pàgina 20
... actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest , and without emotion . Their courtship was void of fondness , and their lamentation of sorrow . Their wish was only to say what they hoped had never been said before ...
... actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest , and without emotion . Their courtship was void of fondness , and their lamentation of sorrow . Their wish was only to say what they hoped had never been said before ...
Pàgina 36
... action can display . He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend , the qualities of his companion ; but , when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself , and diverts his sorrow , by imagining how his crown of bays , if ...
... action can display . He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend , the qualities of his companion ; but , when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself , and diverts his sorrow , by imagining how his crown of bays , if ...
Pàgina 47
... action , that the reader of the sacred volume habitually considers it as the peculiar mode of existence of a distinct species of mankind , that lived and acted with manners uncommuni- cable ; so that it is difficult even for imagination ...
... action , that the reader of the sacred volume habitually considers it as the peculiar mode of existence of a distinct species of mankind , that lived and acted with manners uncommuni- cable ; so that it is difficult even for imagination ...
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