The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid to lifp in 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 ...
... poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid to lifp in 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 ...
Pàgina 13
... Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , feemed unable to conteft the palm with any ...
... Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , feemed unable to conteft the palm with any ...
Pàgina 19
... poets ; of whom , in a criticifm on the works of Cow- ley , it is not improper to give fome account . The metaphyfical poets were men of learning , and to fhew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily refolving to fhew ...
... poets ; of whom , in a criticifm on the works of Cow- ley , it is not improper to give fome account . The metaphyfical poets were men of learning , and to fhew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily refolving to fhew ...
Pàgina 40
... 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 ad- mits , and fuch ...
... 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 ad- mits , and fuch ...
Pàgina 44
... poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not 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 ...
... poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not 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 ...
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