The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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Pàgina 10
... verses on Oliver's death . ' This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told ...
... verses on Oliver's death . ' This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told ...
Pàgina 11
... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse concerning his government , indeed , with verses in- termixed , but such as certainly gained ...
... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse concerning his government , indeed , with verses in- termixed , but such as certainly gained ...
Pàgina 15
... verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . ' Not finding , ' says the morose Wood , that preferment conferred upon him which he expected ...
... verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . ' Not finding , ' says the morose Wood , that preferment conferred upon him which he expected ...
Pàgina 18
... verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
... verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
Pàgina 23
... , Close as heat with fire is join'd ; A powerful brand prescrib❜d the date Of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age More enflam'd thy amorous rage . age : In the following verses we have an allusion to a COWLEY . 23.
... , Close as heat with fire is join'd ; A powerful brand prescrib❜d the date Of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age More enflam'd thy amorous rage . age : In the following verses we have an allusion to a COWLEY . 23.
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