The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 4
... beginning of the civil war , as the Prince paffed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a reprefentation of the " Guar " dian , " a comedy , which Cowley fays was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by ...
... beginning of the civil war , as the Prince paffed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a reprefentation of the " Guar " dian , " a comedy , which Cowley fays was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by ...
Pàgina 19
... beginning of the feventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphyfical poets ; of whom , in a criticifm on the works of Cow- ley , it is not improper to give fome account . The metaphyfical poets were men ...
... beginning of the feventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphyfical poets ; of whom , in a criticifm on the works of Cow- ley , it is not improper to give fome account . The metaphyfical poets were men ...
Pàgina 46
... beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance , and the conclufion below it in ftrength . The connection is supplied 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 supplied with great perfpicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of lefs fkill feem thrown together by chance ...
Pàgina 86
... beginning of his fixteenth year , to Chrift's College in Cambridge , where he entered a fizar * , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled in the Latin tongue ; and he himself , by annexing the dates to his first ...
... beginning of his fixteenth year , to Chrift's College in Cambridge , where he entered a fizar * , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled in the Latin tongue ; and he himself , by annexing the dates to his first ...
Pàgina 110
... beginning , being probably moft in pain for his Latinity , he endeavours to defend his ufe of the word perfona ; but , if I remember right , he miffes a better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth fatire ...
... beginning , being probably moft in pain for his Latinity , he endeavours to defend his ufe of the word perfona ; but , if I remember right , he miffes a better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth fatire ...
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Æneid againſt anſwer appears becauſe cenfured Charles Dryden compofition confidered converfation Cowley criticifm defign defire delight diſcovered Donne Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh expreffed expreffions fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure genius himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden juft King labour laft leaft learning leaſt lefs lines Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reafon reft Regifter reprefented rhyme ſeems thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tragedy tranflation univerfity uſed verfe verfification verſes Virgil Waller whofe write written