Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... Latin Poetry - His ' Davideis ' . - His Love of Solitude - Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey The Metaphysical Poets Pindarism Works and Character . - - · Page 3 SIR JOHN DENHAM . - 1615-1668 . -- - Born at Dublin Educated at Oxford ...
... Latin Poetry - His ' Davideis ' . - His Love of Solitude - Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey The Metaphysical Poets Pindarism Works and Character . - - · Page 3 SIR JOHN DENHAM . - 1615-1668 . -- - Born at Dublin Educated at Oxford ...
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... Latin , before a collection of Cowley's Latin Poems , afterwards in English , and enlarged before his English Works , 1669 , folio . It is , 2 Johnson's account of Cowley's parentage is entirely erroneous . however , still the received ...
... Latin , before a collection of Cowley's Latin Poems , afterwards in English , and enlarged before his English Works , 1669 , folio . It is , 2 Johnson's account of Cowley's parentage is entirely erroneous . however , still the received ...
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... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular nor ...
... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular nor ...
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... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to ...
... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to ...
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... LATIN POETRY . 13 to lie on the side of Cowley.20 Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the diction of Rome to his own ...
... LATIN POETRY . 13 to lie on the side of Cowley.20 Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the diction of Rome to his own ...
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