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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... poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endea- vour : but , unluckily resolving to shew ...
... poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endea- vour : but , unluckily resolving to shew ...
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... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy ad- mits , and such ...
... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy ad- mits , and such ...
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... poem on the Sheldonian theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musa Anglicana . Pin- darism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations supply ...
... poem on the Sheldonian theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musa Anglicana . Pin- darism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations supply ...
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... poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squan- dered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprized , but never delighted ; and ...
... poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squan- dered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprized , but never delighted ; and ...
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... poem is less familiar than that of his slightest writ- ings . He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ...
... poem is less familiar than that of his slightest writ- ings . He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ...
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