The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works. By Samuel Johnson. A New Edition, Corrected ..Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina vii
... 12 DENHAM , 68 " MILTON , BUTLER , 79 174 ROCHESTER , 191 ROSCOMMON , 200 OTWAY , 211 WALLER , 216 POMFRET , 270 DORSET , 272 STEPNEY , 276 J. PHILIPS , 279 WALSH , 296 COW . COWLEY . year THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the ( vii )
... 12 DENHAM , 68 " MILTON , BUTLER , 79 174 ROCHESTER , 191 ROSCOMMON , 200 OTWAY , 211 WALLER , 216 POMFRET , 270 DORSET , 272 STEPNEY , 276 J. PHILIPS , 279 WALSH , 296 COW . COWLEY . year THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the ( vii )
Pàgina 22
... Waller fought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our num- bers . Milton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment ...
... Waller fought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our num- bers . Milton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment ...
Pàgina 62
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts fometimes fwelled his verfe to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he finks willingly down to to his general careleffnefs ...
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts fometimes fwelled his verfe to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he finks willingly down to to his general careleffnefs ...
Pàgina 69
... Waller remarked , " that he " broke out like the Irish rebellion three fcore " thoufand ftrong when nobody was aware , or in " the least suspected it ; " an obfervation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical abi- lities ...
... Waller remarked , " that he " broke out like the Irish rebellion three fcore " thoufand ftrong when nobody was aware , or in " the least suspected it ; " an obfervation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical abi- lities ...
Pàgina 72
... Waller , " fays Prior , " improved our verfifica- " tion , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given fpecimens of various compofition , defcriptive , lu- dicrous , didactick , and fublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
... Waller , " fays Prior , " improved our verfifica- " tion , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given fpecimens of various compofition , defcriptive , lu- dicrous , didactick , and fublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
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