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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... , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of history the succession of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without iv ADVERTISEMENT . suspicion that some of Dryden's works are.
... , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of history the succession of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without iv ADVERTISEMENT . suspicion that some of Dryden's works are.
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... was not pub- lished till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was composed adds little COWLEY . 3.
... was not pub- lished till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was composed adds little COWLEY . 3.
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... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but nei- ther are they just ; and the reader , far from wonder- ing that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but nei- ther are they just ; and the reader , far from wonder- ing that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
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... and such as , when they are ex- panded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness of sentiment . This kind of writting , which was , I believe 20 COWLEY .
... and such as , when they are ex- panded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness of sentiment . This kind of writting , which was , I believe 20 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. This kind of writting , which was , I believe bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jon- son , whose manner ...
Samuel Johnson. This kind of writting , which was , I believe bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jon- son , whose manner ...
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