The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he re- lates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation ...
... delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he re- lates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation ...
Pàgina 16
... delights of solitary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue , below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen , and so differently are they shewn ! But actions are visible , though ...
... delights of solitary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue , below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen , and so differently are they shewn ! But actions are visible , though ...
Pàgina 33
... delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower'd virgins to our bed ...
... delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower'd virgins to our bed ...
Pàgina 34
... delight by their desire of ex- citing admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general represen tation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cow- ley , who ...
... delight by their desire of ex- citing admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general represen tation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cow- ley , who ...
Pàgina 39
... delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sanna- zaro : Aspice quam variis distringar Vesbia curis ! Uror , et heu ! nostro manat ...
... delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sanna- zaro : Aspice quam variis distringar Vesbia curis ! Uror , et heu ! nostro manat ...
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