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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... those which we find in the French Mifcellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of Hiftory , the ...
... those which we find in the French Mifcellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of Hiftory , the ...
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... Those however who deny them to be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confeffes of him- felf and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they furpass him in poetry . If Wit be well defcribed by ...
... Those however who deny them to be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confeffes of him- felf and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they furpass him in poetry . If Wit be well defcribed by ...
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... those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpi- cuity , and polished to elegance , may give luftre to works which have more propriety , though lefs copioufnefs of fentiment . This kind of writing , which was ...
... those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpi- cuity , and polished to elegance , may give luftre to works which have more propriety , though lefs copioufnefs of fentiment . This kind of writing , which was ...
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... those ? Luft , the fcorching dog - star , here Rages with immoderate heat ; Whilit Pride , the rugged Northern Bear , In others makes the cold too great . And where these are temperate known , The foil's all barren fand , or rocky stone ...
... those ? Luft , the fcorching dog - star , here Rages with immoderate heat ; Whilit Pride , the rugged Northern Bear , In others makes the cold too great . And where these are temperate known , The foil's all barren fand , or rocky stone ...
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... those be stars which paint the galaxy . In his verfes to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought ...
... those be stars which paint the galaxy . In his verfes to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought ...
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