The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . # L'Allegro of Milton . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . # L'Allegro of Milton . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compo- sitions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotten is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compo- sitions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotten is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
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... praise or censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are ... praises are too far songht , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded with ...
... praise or censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are ... praises are too far songht , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded with ...
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... praise ; of which it may be said with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no ...
... praise ; of which it may be said with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no ...
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... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Mi chol , are very justly ...
... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Mi chol , are very justly ...
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