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... 151 159 169 173 - 215 217 221 225 239 241 · INTRODUCTION SAMUEL JOHNSON was born on the 18th September. INTRODUCTION COWLEY CONTENTS DENHAM MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY . WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY PHILIPS WALSH . DRYDEN.
... 151 159 169 173 - 215 217 221 225 239 241 · INTRODUCTION SAMUEL JOHNSON was born on the 18th September. INTRODUCTION COWLEY CONTENTS DENHAM MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY . WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY PHILIPS WALSH . DRYDEN.
Pàgina xii
... Cowley and his school is that their verse stands the test of the finger better than that of the ear ; and the prime merit of Dryden's critical work consists in its being the criticism of a poet and not a ' dull collection of theorems ...
... Cowley and his school is that their verse stands the test of the finger better than that of the ear ; and the prime merit of Dryden's critical work consists in its being the criticism of a poet and not a ' dull collection of theorems ...
Pàgina xviii
... Cowley . His numbers , his pauses , his diction are of his own growth , without transcription , without imitation . ' And the splendid panegyric which closes the life of Milton is suitably prefaced by this significant and magnanimous ...
... Cowley . His numbers , his pauses , his diction are of his own growth , without transcription , without imitation . ' And the splendid panegyric which closes the life of Milton is suitably prefaced by this significant and magnanimous ...
Pàgina xxxi
... among ' those incomparable works which . . . will be read and admired so long as the English language shall be spoken or understood . ' J. H. MILLAR . LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY THE Life of Cowley , THE LIVES OF THE POETS xxxi.
... among ' those incomparable works which . . . will be read and admired so long as the English language shall be spoken or understood . ' J. H. MILLAR . LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY THE Life of Cowley , THE LIVES OF THE POETS xxxi.
Pàgina 2
... Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said to lisp in numbers ' ; and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
... Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said to lisp in numbers ' ; and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
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