The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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Pàgina 31
... knowledge may be sometimes found , buried perhaps in groff- nefs of expreffion , but useful to those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpicuity , and polifhed to elegance , may give luftre to works which ...
... knowledge may be sometimes found , buried perhaps in groff- nefs of expreffion , but useful to those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpicuity , and polifhed to elegance , may give luftre to works which ...
Pàgina 33
... Knowledge : The facred tree midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true lo- gick fhew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples ...
... Knowledge : The facred tree midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true lo- gick fhew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples ...
Pàgina 34
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 1 Thus Donne fhews his medicinal knowledge in fome encomiaftic verfes : In every thing there naturally grows A Balfamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur'd by ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 1 Thus Donne fhews his medicinal knowledge in fome encomiaftic verfes : In every thing there naturally grows A Balfamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur'd by ...
Pàgina 57
... knowledge ; Dryden could have fup- plied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigo- roufly begun , and happily concluded , con- tain some hints of criticism very justly con- ceived and happily ...
... knowledge ; Dryden could have fup- plied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigo- roufly begun , and happily concluded , con- tain some hints of criticism very justly con- ceived and happily ...
Pàgina 61
... knowledge flows in upon his page , fo that the reader is commonly furprised into fome improvement . But , confidered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are nei- ther courtly nor pathetick ...
... knowledge flows in upon his page , fo that the reader is commonly furprised into fome improvement . But , confidered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are nei- ther courtly nor pathetick ...
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