The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 23
... lines than in the caft of his fentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate fucceffors , of whom any remem- brance can be faid to remain , were Suckling ...
... lines than in the caft of his fentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate fucceffors , of whom any remem- brance can be faid to remain , were Suckling ...
Pàgina 25
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have fomething in them too fcho- laftick , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not paft nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of ftuff ...
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have fomething in them too fcho- laftick , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not paft nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of ftuff ...
Pàgina 28
... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that which was nothing all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that which was nothing all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
Pàgina 29
... lines fo many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , Love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my she advowson fly Incumbency ? To fell thyself doft thou intend By candles end , And hold the contraft ...
... lines fo many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , Love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my she advowson fly Incumbency ? To fell thyself doft thou intend By candles end , And hold the contraft ...
Pàgina 31
... lines there grows ; Here buds an L , and there a B , Here spouts a V , and there a T , And all the flourishing letters ftand in rows . COWLEY . As they fought only for novelty , they did not much enquire whether their allufions were to ...
... lines there grows ; Here buds an L , and there a B , Here spouts a V , and there a T , And all the flourishing letters ftand in rows . COWLEY . As they fought only for novelty , they did not much enquire whether their allufions were to ...
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