The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 24
... common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The facred tree ' midft the fair orchard The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd nest , grew ; That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did ...
... common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The facred tree ' midft the fair orchard The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd nest , grew ; That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did ...
Pàgina 34
... common topick , the dan- ger of procraftination , is thus illuftrated : In That which I should have begun my youth's morning , now late must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which ftray or fleep all day , and having lost ...
... common topick , the dan- ger of procraftination , is thus illuftrated : In That which I should have begun my youth's morning , now late must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which ftray or fleep all day , and having lost ...
Pàgina 37
... common fubject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou feeft me here at midnight , now all reft : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's bufinefs ; when ...
... common fubject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou feeft me here at midnight , now all reft : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's bufinefs ; when ...
Pàgina 43
... common authors may justly think not only above their attainment , but above their ambition . To the Mifcellanies fucceed the Anacreontiques , or paraphraftical tranflations of fome little poems , which pafs , however juftly , under the ...
... common authors may justly think not only above their attainment , but above their ambition . To the Mifcellanies fucceed the Anacreontiques , or paraphraftical tranflations of fome little poems , which pafs , however juftly , under the ...
Pàgina 59
... common proftitute the lately grew , And with the fpurious brood loads now the prefs ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to confift of twelve , there is no opportu- nity for fuch ...
... common proftitute the lately grew , And with the fpurious brood loads now the prefs ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to confift of twelve , there is no opportu- nity for fuch ...
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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