The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 12
... to the honour of his country . Confidering Botany as neceffary to a phyfician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predo- minance minance of a favourite ftudy affects all fubordinate operations of 12 COWLEY .
... to the honour of his country . Confidering Botany as neceffary to a phyfician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predo- minance minance of a favourite ftudy affects all fubordinate operations of 12 COWLEY .
Pàgina 22
... neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from defcriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and heredi- tary ...
... neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from defcriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and heredi- tary ...
Pàgina 39
... neceffary to make it intelligible . Pope has fome epitaphs without names ; which are therefore epitaphs to be lett , occupied in- deed for the prefent , but hardly appropriated . 1 The ode on Wit is almoft without a rival . It was about ...
... neceffary to make it intelligible . Pope has fome epitaphs without names ; which are therefore epitaphs to be lett , occupied in- deed for the prefent , but hardly appropriated . 1 The ode on Wit is almoft without a rival . It was about ...
Pàgina 44
... neceffary to felect any particular pieces for praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly in the fame propor- tion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is ...
... neceffary to felect any particular pieces for praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly in the fame propor- tion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is ...
Pàgina 67
... am forry that it is neceffary to admonish the " moft part of readers , that it is not by negligence " that this verfe is fo loofe , long , and , as it were , F 2 vaft ; " vaft ; it is to paint in the number COWL E Y. cỏ w LE 67.
... am forry that it is neceffary to admonish the " moft part of readers , that it is not by negligence " that this verfe is fo loofe , long , and , as it were , F 2 vaft ; " vaft ; it is to paint in the number COWL E Y. cỏ w LE 67.
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