The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume ...
... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume ...
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... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English ...
... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English ...
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... 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 and more music . Suck- ling neither improved versification , nor ...
... 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 and more music . Suck- ling neither improved versification , nor ...
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... grew ; Till they to number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the Tenor chose , Earth made the Base : the Treble , flame arose . COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of great poetical account COWLEY . 19.
... grew ; Till they to number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the Tenor chose , Earth made the Base : the Treble , flame arose . COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of great poetical account COWLEY . 19.
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... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
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