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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... reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence is natural ; it is na- tural likewife for the lover to folicit reciprocal re- gard by an elaborate difplay of his own qualifica- tions . The defire of pleafing has in ...
... reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence is natural ; it is na- tural likewife for the lover to folicit reciprocal re- gard by an elaborate difplay of his own qualifica- tions . The defire of pleafing has in ...
Pàgina 19
... reader , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently by what perverse- nefs of industry they were ever found . But Wit , abftracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philofophi- cally ...
... reader , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently by what perverse- nefs of industry they were ever found . But Wit , abftracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philofophi- cally ...
Pàgina 20
... reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he fometimes admires , is feldom pleafed . As From this account of their compofitions it will be readily inferred , that they were not fuccesful in representing or ...
... reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he fometimes admires , is feldom pleafed . As From this account of their compofitions it will be readily inferred , that they were not fuccesful in representing or ...
Pàgina 23
... readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The facred tree midft the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic fhew . Each leaf did learned ...
... readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The facred tree midft the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic fhew . Each leaf did learned ...
Pàgina 27
... reader may perhaps cry out - Confufion worfe confounded ! Here lies a fhe fun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and fo They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne ...
... reader may perhaps cry out - Confufion worfe confounded ! Here lies a fhe fun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and fo They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne ...
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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