The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feem fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , fince a volume ...
... numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feem fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , fince a volume ...
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... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men difcourag'd , and himself expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue from place to place , Torn from his fubjects and his fon's embrace . First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely ...
... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men difcourag'd , and himself expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue from place to place , Torn from his fubjects and his fon's embrace . First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely ...
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... numbers . At the fame time were produced , from the fame univerfity , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English ...
... numbers . At the fame time were produced , from the fame univerfity , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very te- diously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the Firft and Second ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very te- diously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the Firft and Second ...
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... numbers . Milton tried the metaphyfic ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his prede- ceffors , having as much fentiment and more mufick . Suckling neither improved verfification , nor ...
... numbers . Milton tried the metaphyfic ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his prede- ceffors , having as much fentiment and more mufick . Suckling neither improved verfification , nor ...
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