The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... supplied by the kindness of mr . Steevens and other friends ; and great assistance has been given me by mr . Spence's Collections , of which I consider the commu- nication as a favour worthy of public acknowledgment . * * They were ...
... supplied by the kindness of mr . Steevens and other friends ; and great assistance has been given me by mr . Spence's Collections , of which I consider the commu- nication as a favour worthy of public acknowledgment . * * They were ...
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... supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism , very justly conceived and happily expressed . Cowley's critical abilities have ...
... supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism , very justly conceived and happily expressed . Cowley's critical abilities have ...
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... supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown toge- ther by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very ...
... supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown toge- ther by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very ...
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... supplied smoothness of transition and con- tinuity of thought . It is urged by dr . Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remembered ...
... supplied smoothness of transition and con- tinuity of thought . It is urged by dr . Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remembered ...
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... studies , in opposition to the gene- ral notions supplied by a wide survey of life and nature , Cowley certainly errs , by introducing pedantry far more frequently than Tasso . I know not , indeed , 50 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... studies , in opposition to the gene- ral notions supplied by a wide survey of life and nature , Cowley certainly errs , by introducing pedantry far more frequently than Tasso . I know not , indeed , 50 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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