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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... beginning of the civil war , as the Prince paffed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a reprefentation of the " Guardian , " a comedy , which Cowley fays was neither written nor acted , but rough drawn by him ...
... beginning of the civil war , as the Prince paffed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a reprefentation of the " Guardian , " a comedy , which Cowley fays was neither written nor acted , but rough drawn by him ...
Pàgina 18
... beginning of the feventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- fical poets ; of whom , in a criticifm on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give fome ac- count . The metaphyfical poets were ...
... beginning of the feventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- fical poets ; of whom , in a criticifm on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give fome ac- count . The metaphyfical poets were ...
Pàgina 44
... beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance , and the conclufion below it in ftrength . The connection is fupplied with great perfpicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of lefs fkill feem thrown together by chance ...
... beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance , and the conclufion below it in ftrength . The connection is fupplied with great perfpicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of lefs fkill feem thrown together by chance ...
Pàgina 104
... beginning , being probably moft in pain for his Latinity , he endeavours to defend his ufe of the word perfona ; but , if I re- member right , he miffes a better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth ...
... beginning , being probably moft in pain for his Latinity , he endeavours to defend his ufe of the word perfona ; but , if I re- member right , he miffes a better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth ...
Pàgina 110
... beginning lots , he fixes upon Pred je Loft ; a defign fo comprehensive , that it could be juftified only by fuccefs . He had once defigned to celebrate King Arthur , as he hints in his verfes to Manfus ; but Aur was re- ferved , fays ...
... beginning lots , he fixes upon Pred je Loft ; a defign fo comprehensive , that it could be juftified only by fuccefs . He had once defigned to celebrate King Arthur , as he hints in his verfes to Manfus ; but Aur was re- ferved , fays ...
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