The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 2
... delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , fometimes remem- bered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular defignation ...
... delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , fometimes remem- bered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular defignation ...
Pàgina 16
... delights of folitary " ftudies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate " revenue below the malice and flatteries of for- tune . " So differently are things feen ! and fo differently are they fhewn ! but actions are visible , though mo ...
... delights of folitary " ftudies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate " revenue below the malice and flatteries of for- tune . " So differently are things feen ! and fo differently are they fhewn ! but actions are visible , though mo ...
Pàgina 38
... delight , Who , whilft thou fhould'ft but tafte , devour'ft it quite ! Thou bring'ft us an eftate , yet leav'ft us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The jovs which we entire fhould wed , Come deflower'd virgins to our bed ...
... delight , Who , whilft thou fhould'ft but tafte , devour'ft it quite ! Thou bring'ft us an eftate , yet leav'ft us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The jovs which we entire fhould wed , Come deflower'd virgins to our bed ...
Pàgina 39
... delight by their defire of exciting admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general representation of the style and fentiments of the me- taphyfical poets , it is now proper to examine parti- cularly the works of Cowley , who ...
... delight by their defire of exciting admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general representation of the style and fentiments of the me- taphyfical poets , it is now proper to examine parti- cularly the works of Cowley , who ...
Pàgina 47
... delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that and smooth as this . In the Nemean ode the reader muft , in mere juf- tice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is faid of the original new moon , her tender fore - head and ...
... delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that and smooth as this . In the Nemean ode the reader muft , in mere juf- tice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is faid of the original new moon , her tender fore - head and ...
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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