The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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... Latin , but without due attention to the an- cient models for it is not loofe verfe , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedica- tion in verfe to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a B 3 ...
... Latin , but without due attention to the an- cient models for it is not loofe verfe , but mere profe . It was printed , with a dedica- tion in verfe to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a B 3 ...
Pàgina 16
... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , feemed unable to conteft the palm with any other of the lettered na- tions . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared If 16 COWLEY .
... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , feemed unable to conteft the palm with any other of the lettered na- tions . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared If 16 COWLEY .
Pàgina 17
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be fuperior to both , the advantage feems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be fuperior to both , the advantage feems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content ...
Pàgina 73
... Latin : a poem on the Shel- donian Theatre , in which all kinds of verfe are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Mufa Anglicana . Pindarifm prevailed above half a century ; but at last died gra- dually away , and other ...
... Latin : a poem on the Shel- donian Theatre , in which all kinds of verfe are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Mufa Anglicana . Pindarifm prevailed above half a century ; but at last died gra- dually away , and other ...
Pàgina 120
... Latin poems . He married a gentle- woman of the name of Cafton , a Welfh fa- mily , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Chriftopher who ftudied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which he ...
... Latin poems . He married a gentle- woman of the name of Cafton , a Welfh fa- mily , by whom he had two fons , John the poet , and Chriftopher who ftudied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which he ...
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