The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... fates in books : and says , that it was used by the Pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the New Testament for their oracle . H. Some Some years afterwards , " bufinefs , " fays Sprat COWLEY .
... fates in books : and says , that it was used by the Pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the New Testament for their oracle . H. Some Some years afterwards , " bufinefs , " fays Sprat COWLEY .
Pàgina 39
... - deed for the prefent , but hardly appropriated . 1 The ode on Wit is almoft without a rival . It was about the time of Cowley that Wit , which had been D 4 till till then used for Intellection , in contradiftinction to Will COWLEY . 39.
... - deed for the prefent , but hardly appropriated . 1 The ode on Wit is almoft without a rival . It was about the time of Cowley that Wit , which had been D 4 till till then used for Intellection , in contradiftinction to Will COWLEY . 39.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. till then used for Intellection , in contradiftinction to Will , took the meaning , whatever it be , which it now bears . Of all the paffages in which poets have exem- plified ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. till then used for Intellection , in contradiftinction to Will , took the meaning , whatever it be , which it now bears . Of all the paffages in which poets have exem- plified ...
Pàgina 47
... used to pour : Great Rhea's fon , If in Olympus ' top , where thou Sitt'ft to behold thy facred fhow , If in Alpheus ' filver flight , If in my verfe thou take delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that and smooth as ...
... used to pour : Great Rhea's fon , If in Olympus ' top , where thou Sitt'ft to behold thy facred fhow , If in Alpheus ' filver flight , If in my verfe thou take delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that and smooth as ...
Pàgina 66
... used them , and with how bad an effect , at leaft to our ears , will appear by a paffage , in which every reader will lament to fee juft and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language : Where honour or where ...
... used them , and with how bad an effect , at leaft to our ears , will appear by a paffage , in which every reader will lament to fee juft and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language : Where honour or where ...
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Æneid againſt anſwer appears becauſe cenfured Charles Dryden compofition confidered converfation Cowley criticifm defign defire delight diſcovered Donne Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh expreffed expreffions fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure genius himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden juft King labour laft leaft learning leaſt lefs lines Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reafon reft Regifter reprefented rhyme ſeems thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tragedy tranflation univerfity uſed verfe verfification verſes Virgil Waller whofe write written