The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina xiii
... action of better example ' than suicide . But , upon the whole , in the Lives he is not only lenient to offences against decorum , which without over- niceness he might have visited with severity , but his point of view is quite ...
... action of better example ' than suicide . But , upon the whole , in the Lives he is not only lenient to offences against decorum , which without over- niceness he might have visited with severity , but his point of view is quite ...
Pàgina 7
... actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet of an ' airy nothing , and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call the ' dream of ...
... actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet of an ' airy nothing , and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call the ' dream of ...
Pàgina 13
... actions are visible , though motives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ; first to Barn - elms , and afterwards to Chertsey , in Surrey . He seems , however , to have lost part of his dread of the hum of men.1 He thought himself now ...
... actions are visible , though motives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ; first to Barn - elms , and afterwards to Chertsey , in Surrey . He seems , however , to have lost part of his dread of the hum of men.1 He thought himself now ...
Pàgina 14
... actions in general expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell cannot , however , now be known . I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a ...
... actions in general expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell cannot , however , now be known . I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a ...
Pàgina 16
... actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest and without emotion . Their courtship was void of fondness , and their lamentation of sorrow . Their wish was only to say what they hoped had never been said before . Nor ...
... actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest and without emotion . Their courtship was void of fondness , and their lamentation of sorrow . Their wish was only to say what they hoped had never been said before . Nor ...
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