The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
Pàgina 17
... perhaps in gross- ness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less ...
... perhaps in gross- ness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less ...
Pàgina 38
... perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are ...
... perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are ...
Pàgina 39
... of sanctity are frequently offended ; and which would not be borne in the present age , when devotion , perhaps not more fervent , is more delicate . Having produced one passage taken by Cowley from Donne , COWLEY 39.
... of sanctity are frequently offended ; and which would not be borne in the present age , when devotion , perhaps not more fervent , is more delicate . Having produced one passage taken by Cowley from Donne , COWLEY 39.
Pàgina 42
... perhaps no other Eng- lish line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise : He , who defers this work from day to day ; Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone , Which runs ...
... perhaps no other Eng- lish line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise : He , who defers this work from day to day ; Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone , Which runs ...
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