The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina xvii
... hope only to please must con- descend to rhyme , ' without which English poetry may subsist but will not often please . ' In mere confusion there is ' neither grace nor greatness ' ; ' the great pleasure of verse arises from the known ...
... hope only to please must con- descend to rhyme , ' without which English poetry may subsist but will not often please . ' In mere confusion there is ' neither grace nor greatness ' ; ' the great pleasure of verse arises from the known ...
Pàgina xix
... hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtue . ' We are carried off our feet by the impetuosity of the torrent ...
... hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtue . ' We are carried off our feet by the impetuosity of the torrent ...
Pàgina 1
... hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay ...
... hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay ...
Pàgina 5
... hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtues . At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermin , he was engaged in ...
... hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtues . At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermin , he was engaged in ...
Pàgina 9
... hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second the Master- ship of the Savoy ; but ' he lost it , ' says Wood ...
... hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second the Master- ship of the Savoy ; but ' he lost it , ' says Wood ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1 Samuel Johnson,John Hepburn Millar Visualització completa - 1896 |
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