The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 18
... moft amiable of mankind ; and this pofthumous praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contra- dicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat ...
... moft amiable of mankind ; and this pofthumous praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contra- dicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat ...
Pàgina 26
... moft inconftant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ' twas then in me , And that my mind is chang'd yourself may fee . The fame thoughts to retain ftill , and ...
... moft inconftant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ' twas then in me , And that my mind is chang'd yourself may fee . The fame thoughts to retain ftill , and ...
Pàgina 34
... is to live and die ; the fum of humanity is comprehended by Donne in the following lines : Think in how poor a prison thou didft lie ; After enabled but to fuck and cry . Think , when ' twas grown to moft , ' Think , 34 COWLEY .
... is to live and die ; the fum of humanity is comprehended by Donne in the following lines : Think in how poor a prison thou didft lie ; After enabled but to fuck and cry . Think , when ' twas grown to moft , ' Think , 34 COWLEY .
Pàgina 35
... moft , ' twas a poor inn , A province pack'd up in two yards of fkin , And that ufurp'd , or threaten'd with a rage Of fickneffes , or their true mother , age . But think that death hath now enfranchis'd thee ; Thou haft thy expanfion ...
... moft , ' twas a poor inn , A province pack'd up in two yards of fkin , And that ufurp'd , or threaten'd with a rage Of fickneffes , or their true mother , age . But think that death hath now enfranchis'd thee ; Thou haft thy expanfion ...
Pàgina 40
... moft of his encomiaftick poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praife , but little paffion ; a very juft and ample delineation of fuch virtues as a ftudious privacy ...
... moft of his encomiaftick poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praife , but little paffion ; a very juft and ample delineation of fuch virtues as a ftudious privacy ...
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