The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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Pàgina 46
... danger of procraftination , is thus illuf- trated : -That which I should have begun In my youth's morning , now late must be done s And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which stray or fleep all day , and having loft Which 46 COWLEY .
... danger of procraftination , is thus illuf- trated : -That which I should have begun In my youth's morning , now late must be done s And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which stray or fleep all day , and having loft Which 46 COWLEY .
Pàgina 58
... dangerous as thefe , Our courfe by ftars above we cannot know Without the compafs too below , After this fays Bentley ; Who travels in religious jars , Truth mix'd with error , clouds with rays , With Whiston wanting pyx and stars , In ...
... dangerous as thefe , Our courfe by ftars above we cannot know Without the compafs too below , After this fays Bentley ; Who travels in religious jars , Truth mix'd with error , clouds with rays , With Whiston wanting pyx and stars , In ...
Pàgina 84
... danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly con- ceived and strongly painted . Rymer has declared the Davideis fuperior to the Jerufalem of Taffo , " which , " says he , " the ...
... danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly con- ceived and strongly painted . Rymer has declared the Davideis fuperior to the Jerufalem of Taffo , " which , " says he , " the ...
Pàgina 104
... dangerous employments . He was entrusted by the queen with a meffage to the king ; and , by whatever means , fo far foftened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that , by his interceffion , ad- miffion was procured . Of the king's con ...
... dangerous employments . He was entrusted by the queen with a meffage to the king ; and , by whatever means , fo far foftened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that , by his interceffion , ad- miffion was procured . Of the king's con ...
Pàgina 116
... danger I declin'd , " Did , and deferv'd no lefs , my fate to find . " From this kind of concatenated metre he afterwards refrained , and taught his followers the art of concluding their fenfe in couplets ; which has perhaps been with ...
... danger I declin'd , " Did , and deferv'd no lefs , my fate to find . " From this kind of concatenated metre he afterwards refrained , and taught his followers the art of concluding their fenfe in couplets ; which has perhaps been with ...
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