The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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Pàgina 8
... learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by nature for literary politeness . But , in the author's own honest rela- tion , the marvel vanishes : he was , he says ...
... learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by nature for literary politeness . But , in the author's own honest rela- tion , the marvel vanishes : he was , he says ...
Pàgina 18
... learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Pàgina 19
... ideas are yoked by violence toge- ther ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations , com- parisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement COWLEY . 19.
... ideas are yoked by violence toge- ther ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations , com- parisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement COWLEY . 19.
Pàgina 22
... learning not very much . fre- quented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew : The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right porphyrian tree ...
... learning not very much . fre- quented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew : The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right porphyrian tree ...
Pàgina 23
... learning and religion , And virtue , and such engredients , have made A mithridate , whose operation Keeps off , or cures , what can be done or said . Though the following lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have something ...
... learning and religion , And virtue , and such engredients , have made A mithridate , whose operation Keeps off , or cures , what can be done or said . Though the following lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have something ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1 Samuel Johnson,John Hepburn Millar Visualització completa - 1896 |
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