The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksPrinted at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham ... for John Sharpe, 1805 - 1135 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhe- toric ...
... words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhe- toric ...
Pàgina 18
... it be ominous , it can end in nothing less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois that you would . 18 COWLEY .
... it be ominous , it can end in nothing less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois that you would . 18 COWLEY .
Pàgina 37
... words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the mo ...
... words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the mo ...
Pàgina 40
... words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is prac- tised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by those who write to be admired . The Anacreontiques therefore of Cowley give ...
... words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is prac- tised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by those who write to be admired . The Anacreontiques therefore of Cowley give ...
Pàgina 43
... words and fancy unsuitable to the original , as , The table , free for every guest , No doubt will thee admit , And ... word , and Cowley spends three lines in swearing by the Castalian Stream . We are told of Theron's bounty , with a ...
... words and fancy unsuitable to the original , as , The table , free for every guest , No doubt will thee admit , And ... word , and Cowley spends three lines in swearing by the Castalian Stream . We are told of Theron's bounty , with a ...
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