The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 7
... thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the bufinefs of a ...
... thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the bufinefs of a ...
Pàgina 16
... Thofe were the reasons that " made him to follow the violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the greatest throng of his 66 former bufinefs , had ftill called upon him , and " reprefented to him the true delights of folitary ...
... Thofe were the reasons that " made him to follow the violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the greatest throng of his 66 former bufinefs , had ftill called upon him , and " reprefented to him the true delights of folitary ...
Pàgina 19
... Thofe however who deny them to be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confeffes of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they furpafs him in poetry . If wit be well described by ...
... Thofe however who deny them to be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confeffes of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they furpafs him in poetry . If wit be well described by ...
Pàgina 26
... land where thou haft travelled ) Either by favages poffeft , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'ft take , or what repose , In countries fo unciviliz'd as thofe ? Luft , Luft , the fcorching dog - ftar , here Rages 26 COWLEY .
... land where thou haft travelled ) Either by favages poffeft , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'ft take , or what repose , In countries fo unciviliz'd as thofe ? Luft , Luft , the fcorching dog - ftar , here Rages 26 COWLEY .
Pàgina 33
... thofe wombs of ftars , the Bride's bright eyes , At every glance a conftellation flies , And fowes the court with ftars , and doth prevent , In light and power , the all - ey'd firmament : First her eye kindles other ladies ' eyes ...
... thofe wombs of ftars , the Bride's bright eyes , At every glance a conftellation flies , And fowes the court with ftars , and doth prevent , In light and power , the all - ey'd firmament : First her eye kindles other ladies ' eyes ...
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