The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
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... wrote rather as beholders than par- takers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , im- passive and at leisure ; as epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without ...
... wrote rather as beholders than par- takers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , im- passive and at leisure ; as epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without ...
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... wrote poesies for rings : They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorned by thee , ( Which then more Heaven than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the ...
... wrote poesies for rings : They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorned by thee , ( Which then more Heaven than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the ...
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... wrote the poem on Prudence and Jus tice , and perhaps some of his other pieces and as he appears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his powers to religion , and made a ...
... wrote the poem on Prudence and Jus tice , and perhaps some of his other pieces and as he appears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his powers to religion , and made a ...
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... wrote afterwards his excellent poem upon the death of Cowley , whom he was not long to survive ; for on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was buried by his side . Denham is deservedly regarded as one of the fathers of English poetry ...
... wrote afterwards his excellent poem upon the death of Cowley , whom he was not long to survive ; for on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was buried by his side . Denham is deservedly regarded as one of the fathers of English poetry ...
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