The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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Pàgina 2
... gives reason to suspect that his father was a fectary . Who- ever he was , he died before the birth of his fon , and confequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood reprefents as ftrug- gling earnestly to procure him a ...
... gives reason to suspect that his father was a fectary . Who- ever he was , he died before the birth of his fon , and confequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood reprefents as ftrug- gling earnestly to procure him a ...
Pàgina 14
... gives the enemy nothing which he had not before ; the neutrality of a captive may be always fecured by his imprisonment or death . He that is at the difpofal of another may not promise to aid him in any injurious act , be cause no power ...
... gives the enemy nothing which he had not before ; the neutrality of a captive may be always fecured by his imprisonment or death . He that is at the difpofal of another may not promise to aid him in any injurious act , be cause no power ...
Pàgina 25
... give fome 1 1 . account . The metaphysical poets were men of learn- ing , and to fhew their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , inftead of writing poe try , they only wrote verfes , and ...
... give fome 1 1 . account . The metaphysical poets were men of learn- ing , and to fhew their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , inftead of writing poe try , they only wrote verfes , and ...
Pàgina 31
... give luftre to works which have more propriety though lefs copiousness of fentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marina and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very ...
... give luftre to works which have more propriety though lefs copiousness of fentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marina and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very ...
Pàgina 33
... give , And th ' apples were demonftrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they caft did other lights out- fhine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : Love was with thy life entwin'd , Close as heat with ...
... give , And th ' apples were demonftrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they caft did other lights out- fhine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : Love was with thy life entwin'd , Close as heat with ...
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