Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksF. Warne, 1879 - 588 pàgines |
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... elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of ...
... elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of ...
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... elegance so much increased , that mere nature would be endured no longer ; and perhaps , in the multitude of borrowed passages , very few can be shown which he has not embellished . There is a time when nations , emerging from barbarity ...
... elegance so much increased , that mere nature would be endured no longer ; and perhaps , in the multitude of borrowed passages , very few can be shown which he has not embellished . There is a time when nations , emerging from barbarity ...
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... elegance of diction ; but , for want of a process of events , neither knowledge nor elegance preserve the reader from weariness . His " Imitations of Spenser " are very successfully performed , both with respect to the metre , the ...
... elegance of diction ; but , for want of a process of events , neither knowledge nor elegance preserve the reader from weariness . His " Imitations of Spenser " are very successfully performed , both with respect to the metre , the ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 p I | 1 |
Complies with the times 5Neglected by the Court 6Produces | 18 |
acknowledged his obligations to Ben Jonson 28His diction 29His | 31 |
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