Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works by Samuel Johnson, Volum 1Derby & Jackson, 1861 - 635 pàgines |
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... dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby , of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose ...
... dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby , of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose ...
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... Dedication of Juvenal , 1693 . Pope adopted the expression , when , in speaking to Spence of Cowley , he observed , “ He as well as Davenant borrowed his metaphysical style from Donne . " - Spence by Singer , p . 173 . The metaphysical ...
... Dedication of Juvenal , 1693 . Pope adopted the expression , when , in speaking to Spence of Cowley , he observed , “ He as well as Davenant borrowed his metaphysical style from Donne . " - Spence by Singer , p . 173 . The metaphysical ...
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... this present age , that if we are not so great wits as Donne , yet certainly we are better poets .--- DRYDEN : Dedication of Juvenal , 1693 . 36 Essay on Criticism . ' 37 Nothing , indeed , could have made Donne a 52 COWLEY .
... this present age , that if we are not so great wits as Donne , yet certainly we are better poets .--- DRYDEN : Dedication of Juvenal , 1693 . 36 Essay on Criticism . ' 37 Nothing , indeed , could have made Donne a 52 COWLEY .
Pàgina 91
... fol . - Davideis . p . 33 . 63 Dedication of Æneid , 1697 . 54 “ Though none of the English poets , nor indeed of the ancient Latin , have imitated Virgil in leaving sometimes half verses ( where the sense COWLEY . 91.
... fol . - Davideis . p . 33 . 63 Dedication of Æneid , 1697 . 54 “ Though none of the English poets , nor indeed of the ancient Latin , have imitated Virgil in leaving sometimes half verses ( where the sense COWLEY . 91.
Pàgina 92
... Dedication of the Æneid to the Marquis of Normanby . 66 “ Cowley seems to have possessed the power of writing easily beyond any other of our poets ; yet his pursuit of remote thoughts led him often into harshness of expression . Waller ...
... Dedication of the Æneid to the Marquis of Normanby . 66 “ Cowley seems to have possessed the power of writing easily beyond any other of our poets ; yet his pursuit of remote thoughts led him often into harshness of expression . Waller ...
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