The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... pleasing to others . It was beyond a doubt , however , that whatever her real charms might have been , in the eye of her husband she was ex- tremely beautiful , for in her epitaph he has recorded⚫ her as such , and given many instances ...
... pleasing to others . It was beyond a doubt , however , that whatever her real charms might have been , in the eye of her husband she was ex- tremely beautiful , for in her epitaph he has recorded⚫ her as such , and given many instances ...
Pàgina 6
... pleasing has in different men produced actions of he- roism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reason- able to appear the champion as the poet of an airy * Barnesii Anacreontem . nothing , ' and to quarrel as to write for 6 COWLEY .
... pleasing has in different men produced actions of he- roism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reason- able to appear the champion as the poet of an airy * Barnesii Anacreontem . nothing , ' and to quarrel as to write for 6 COWLEY .
Pàgina 39
... pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Rea- son are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against Knowledge produce little con- viction . In those ...
... pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Rea- son are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against Knowledge produce little con- viction . In those ...
Pàgina 41
... pleasing than a faithful representation , having retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is undoubtedly ...
... pleasing than a faithful representation , having retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is undoubtedly ...
Pàgina 50
... pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin : a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are ...
... pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin : a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are ...
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