The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 14
... whole blame upon his judges , and to- * 1663 . Here is an error in the defignation of this comedy , which our author copied from the title - page of the latter editions of Cowley's works : the title of the play itself is without the ...
... whole blame upon his judges , and to- * 1663 . Here is an error in the defignation of this comedy , which our author copied from the title - page of the latter editions of Cowley's works : the title of the play itself is without the ...
Pàgina 19
... whole endeavour : but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo ...
... whole endeavour : but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo ...
Pàgina 21
... whole mind , and of which the firft effect is sudden astonishment , and the fecond rational admi- ration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift in ...
... whole mind , and of which the firft effect is sudden astonishment , and the fecond rational admi- ration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift in ...
Pàgina 31
... in pieces took ; On all the springs and smallest wheels did look Of life and motion , and with equal art Made up the whole again of every part . COWLEY . COWLEY . A coal- A coal - pit has not often found its poet COWLEY . 31.
... in pieces took ; On all the springs and smallest wheels did look Of life and motion , and with equal art Made up the whole again of every part . COWLEY . COWLEY . A coal- A coal - pit has not often found its poet COWLEY . 31.
Pàgina 53
... whole . Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking Cowley is , tacitly at leaft , confeffed to have mifcarried . There not many examples of fo great a work , pro- duced by an author generally read , and ...
... whole . Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking Cowley is , tacitly at leaft , confeffed to have mifcarried . There not many examples of fo great a work , pro- duced by an author generally read , and ...
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