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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... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid " to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feems ...
... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid " to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feems ...
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... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly loft ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits , they likewife fome . times ftruck out unexpected truth : if their con- ceits were far - fetched , they were ...
... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly loft ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits , they likewife fome . times ftruck out unexpected truth : if their con- ceits were far - fetched , they were ...
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... labour fhould co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are fuch mixt engines found , As brands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raife ; Who prayerlefs labours , or , without ...
... labour fhould co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are fuch mixt engines found , As brands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raife ; Who prayerlefs labours , or , without ...
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... labour pay With good unfought experiments by the way . COWLEY . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But fhould I love , get , tell , till I ...
... labour pay With good unfought experiments by the way . COWLEY . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But fhould I love , get , tell , till I ...
Pàgina 73
... labour'd births of flavish brains , " Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; 66 Cheap vulgar arts , whofe narrowness affords " No flight for thoughts , but poorly ftick at words . " A new and nobler way thou doft pursue , " To make ...
... labour'd births of flavish brains , " Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; 66 Cheap vulgar arts , whofe narrowness affords " No flight for thoughts , but poorly ftick at words . " A new and nobler way thou doft pursue , " To make ...
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Æneid afterwards appears becauſe caufe cenfured compofitions Comus confidered converfation Cowley death deferves defign defire delight difcovered Dryden eafily Earl elegance expreffions fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond fecure feems feldom fenfe fent fentiments feven fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill ftudy ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupplied fuppofed fure Hiftory himſelf houfe Hudibras images John Milton King known labour Lady laft Latin leaft learning leaſt lefs Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion Paradife Loft parliament perfon perhaps perufal Philips Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent preferved profe publick publiſhed purpoſe reader reafon reprefented rhyme Sprat thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tranflation underſtanding univerfally uſed verfes Virgil Waller whofe worfe write written