The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 1
... produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn confused and enlarged ...
... produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn confused and enlarged ...
Pàgina 2
... produce that particular defignation of mind , and propenfity for fome certain fcience or employment , which is commonly called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular ...
... produce that particular defignation of mind , and propenfity for fome certain fcience or employment , which is commonly called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular ...
Pàgina 6
... produced actions of heroifm , and effufions of wit ; but it seems as rea- fonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his mafter Pindar to call ...
... produced actions of heroifm , and effufions of wit ; but it seems as rea- fonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his mafter Pindar to call ...
Pàgina 13
... 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 , till their works and May's poem ...
... 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 , till their works and May's poem ...
Pàgina 14
... produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman - ftreet . " It was treated on the stage with great feverity , and was afterwards cenfured as a fatire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ...
... produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman - ftreet . " It was treated on the stage with great feverity , and was afterwards cenfured as a fatire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ...
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