The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative feems to imply fomething encomiaftick , there has been no appearance . There is a difcourfe concerning his govern- ment , indeed , with verfes intermixed , but fuch as certainly ...
... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative feems to imply fomething encomiaftick , there has been no appearance . There is a difcourfe concerning his govern- ment , indeed , with verfes intermixed , but fuch as certainly ...
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... verses to lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compo- fitions , fome ftriking thoughts ; but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous ...
... verses to lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compo- fitions , fome ftriking thoughts ; but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous ...
Pàgina 57
... verses to Davenant , which are vigo- roufly begun , and happily concluded , con- tain some hints of criticism very justly con- ceived and happily expreffed . Cowley's cri- tical abilities have not been fufficiently ob- ferved the few ...
... verses to Davenant , which are vigo- roufly begun , and happily concluded , con- tain some hints of criticism very justly con- ceived and happily expreffed . Cowley's cri- tical abilities have not been fufficiently ob- ferved the few ...
Pàgina 61
... verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are nei- ther courtly nor pathetick , have neither gal- låntry nor fondness . His praises are too far- fought , and too hyperbolical , either to ex- prefs love ...
... verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are nei- ther courtly nor pathetick , have neither gal- låntry nor fondness . His praises are too far- fought , and too hyperbolical , either to ex- prefs love ...
Pàgina 72
... verses of Pindar have , as he obferves , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet by examining the fyllables we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for supposing that the ancient audiences were de- lighted with the ...
... verses of Pindar have , as he obferves , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet by examining the fyllables we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for supposing that the ancient audiences were de- lighted with the ...
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