The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works, Volum 1G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, W. Robinson and Sons, Liverpool, E. Thomson, Manchester, J. Noble, Hull, J. Wilson, Berwick, W. Whyte and Company, Edinburgh, and R. Griffin and Company, Glasgow, 1820 |
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... Waller sought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment ...
... Waller sought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment ...
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... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and in- evitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and in- evitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
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... Waller remarked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , three - score thou- sand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it ; " an observation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical abilities ...
... Waller remarked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , three - score thou- sand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it ; " an observation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical abilities ...
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... Waller , ” says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry- den perfected it . He has given us specimens of va- rious compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
... Waller , ” says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry- den perfected it . He has given us specimens of va- rious compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
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