The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 7
... praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself fome . times invited , and fometimes forfaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ranfacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of ...
... praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself fome . times invited , and fometimes forfaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ranfacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of ...
Pàgina 15
... , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
... , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
Pàgina 18
... 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 ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
... 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 ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
Pàgina 34
... praise which are often gained by those who think lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher stand ...
... praise which are often gained by those who think lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher stand ...
Pàgina 44
... praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly in the fame propor- tion . They are ... praises are too far fought , and too hyperbolical , either to exprefs love , or to excite it ; every ftanza is crowded ...
... praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly in the fame propor- tion . They are ... praises are too far fought , and too hyperbolical , either to exprefs love , or to excite it ; every ftanza is crowded ...
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