The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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... to please the multitude , no man perhaps has a right , in things admitting of gradation and com- parifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and thame by 18 co Ó w LE Y.
... to please the multitude , no man perhaps has a right , in things admitting of gradation and com- parifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and thame by 18 co Ó w LE Y.
Pàgina 25
... whole endeavour ; but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , inftead of writing poe try , they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as ftood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was was fo ...
... whole endeavour ; but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , inftead of writing poe try , they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as ftood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was was fo ...
Pàgina 29
... whole mind , and of which the firft effect is fudden afto- nishment , and the fecond rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confist in ...
... whole mind , and of which the firft effect is fudden afto- nishment , and the fecond rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confist in ...
Pàgina 43
... whole of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no ...
... whole of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no ...
Pàgina 74
... had that number ; but he had leisure or perfeverance only to write the third part . Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenfer , and Cowley . That we we have not the whole Davideis is , however , 74 COWLEY .
... had that number ; but he had leisure or perfeverance only to write the third part . Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenfer , and Cowley . That we we have not the whole Davideis is , however , 74 COWLEY .
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