The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 588 pàgines |
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... sometimes extends his author's thoughts with- out improving them . In the Olympionick an oath is mentioned in a fingle word , and Cowley fpends three lines in fwearing by the Caftilian Stream . We are told of Theron's bounty , with a ...
... sometimes extends his author's thoughts with- out improving them . In the Olympionick an oath is mentioned in a fingle word , and Cowley fpends three lines in fwearing by the Caftilian Stream . We are told of Theron's bounty , with a ...
Pàgina 55
... firft his fkin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his fcarfe , and related it in the terms of the mercer and taylor . D 4 Some- Sometimes he indulges himfelf in a digreffion , always conceived COWLEY . $ 5.
... firft his fkin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his fcarfe , and related it in the terms of the mercer and taylor . D 4 Some- Sometimes he indulges himfelf in a digreffion , always conceived COWLEY . $ 5.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Sometimes he indulges himfelf in a digreffion , always conceived with his natural exuberance , and commonly , even where it is not long , con- tinued till it is tedious : I ' th ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Sometimes he indulges himfelf in a digreffion , always conceived with his natural exuberance , and commonly , even where it is not long , con- tinued till it is tedious : I ' th ...
Pàgina 78
... Sometimes the weight of rhyme is laid upon a word too feeble to fuftain it : 66 Troy confounded falls " From all her glories : if it might have stood By any power , by this right hand it shou'd . 66 66 faith . " " And though my outward ...
... Sometimes the weight of rhyme is laid upon a word too feeble to fuftain it : 66 Troy confounded falls " From all her glories : if it might have stood By any power , by this right hand it shou'd . 66 66 faith . " " And though my outward ...
Pàgina 96
... Sometimes he tries to be humourous : " Left I " should take him for fome chaplain in hand , " fome fquire of the body to his prelate , one who " serves not at the altar only but at the Court- " cupboard , he will beftow on us a pretty ...
... Sometimes he tries to be humourous : " Left I " should take him for fome chaplain in hand , " fome fquire of the body to his prelate , one who " serves not at the altar only but at the Court- " cupboard , he will beftow on us a pretty ...
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