The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina ix
... Poets- the only work of capital importance which the last twenty years of his life produced - at the instigation of the London booksellers , who sent a deputation to wait upon him on Easter Eve 1777 ; that the remuneration which he ...
... Poets- the only work of capital importance which the last twenty years of his life produced - at the instigation of the London booksellers , who sent a deputation to wait upon him on Easter Eve 1777 ; that the remuneration which he ...
Pàgina xiii
... poets or painters— n only by chance , ' - that such an one should be apt to confound at the ethical with the æsthetic ... poem that could at least promote no other purposes than those of virtue , ' being written with a very strong sense ...
... poets or painters— n only by chance , ' - that such an one should be apt to confound at the ethical with the æsthetic ... poem that could at least promote no other purposes than those of virtue , ' being written with a very strong sense ...
Pàgina 4
... there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 10
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any ...
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any ...
Pàgina 14
... poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasure to its natural sources in ... poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical ...
... poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasure to its natural sources in ... poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical ...
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