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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... , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love COWLEY .
... , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love COWLEY .
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... excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an ela- borate display of his own qualifications . The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of ...
... excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an ela- borate display of his own qualifications . The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of ...
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... excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of disaffection he ex- culpates ...
... excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of disaffection he ex- culpates ...
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... excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazard- ous attempts of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to join with him in his ...
... excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazard- ous attempts of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to join with him in his ...
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... excellence than that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shews more cost than art . Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
... excellence than that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shews more cost than art . Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
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