The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of com- prehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of com- prehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same univer- sity , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the culti- vation of Latin poetry , in which the English ...
... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same univer- sity , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the culti- vation of Latin poetry , in which the English ...
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... numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his re- ward very tediously delayed . He had been promised , by both Charles the first and second , the mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood , " by certain ...
... numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his re- ward very tediously delayed . He had been promised , by both Charles the first and second , the mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood , " by certain ...
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... way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled COWLEY . 21 DENHAM MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY WALLER.
... way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled COWLEY . 21 DENHAM MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY WALLER.
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... number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the tenor chose ; Earth made the base ; the treble , flame , arose . COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of great poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds ...
... number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the tenor chose ; Earth made the base ; the treble , flame , arose . COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of great poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds ...
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