Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina ix
... considered poets were admitted by the courtesy of criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the book- sellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were ...
... considered poets were admitted by the courtesy of criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the book- sellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were ...
Pàgina xix
... considered the Life of Cowley as the best of the series ; on account , says Boswell , of the dissertation it contains of the Metaphysical Poets , and the careful discrimination to be found in it of the characteris- tics of Wit . Yet few ...
... considered the Life of Cowley as the best of the series ; on account , says Boswell , of the dissertation it contains of the Metaphysical Poets , and the careful discrimination to be found in it of the characteris- tics of Wit . Yet few ...
Pàgina li
... considered , by most Englishmen , as a dreary and perilous wil- derness . After wandering about two months through the Celtic region , sometimes in rude boats which did not protect him from the rain , and sometimes on small shaggy ...
... considered , by most Englishmen , as a dreary and perilous wil- derness . After wandering about two months through the Celtic region , sometimes in rude boats which did not protect him from the rain , and sometimes on small shaggy ...
Pàgina 40
... considered as injurious to his reputa- tion though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was some- times privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now Master of Arts , he was , by the prevalence of the ...
... considered as injurious to his reputa- tion though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was some- times privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now Master of Arts , he was , by the prevalence of the ...
Pàgina 47
... considered as a satire on the royalists . 23 ·· That he might shorten his tedious suspense , he published his pre- tensions and his discontent in an ode called The Complaint , ' in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This ...
... considered as a satire on the royalists . 23 ·· That he might shorten his tedious suspense , he published his pre- tensions and his discontent in an ode called The Complaint , ' in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This ...
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